Unfairly or not, current Minister Mantega is associated with a highly interventionist, and often confrontational, policy-making style.

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Whereas countries such as Denmark and Singapore score highly for their "generally co-operative" relations, France is seen by the WEF as having the most confrontational workplace environment in the world.

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