All of this data got Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio de Aguiar Patriota’s attention. On a panel entitled “The Rising Powers and Global Governance,” Patriota referred to the energy discussion and noted that the rising powers should remember that “the established powers are not sinking powers.”
所有这些数据引起了巴西外交部长帕特利奥塔（Antonio de Aguiar Patriota）的注意。在“崛起势力和全球治理”专家讨论组中，帕特利奥塔提到了这场能源讨论，并评论说崛起势力应该记住，“老牌势力并不是衰落势力”。简言之，西方崛起的流行观念一夜之间自我反转了。