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December 3, 9655

Can the U.S. and Brazil Expect More From Each Other?

Last month U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken phoned Brazilian Foreign Minister Carlos França (pictured) in an bid to build international support among U.N. Security Council members against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. // File Photo: U.S. Government.

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  • Top U.S. and Brazilian diplomats on April 25 held their first high-level talks since 2019, discussing issues such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, deforestation in the Amazon and Brazil’s request to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD. What would be the main benefits of closer cooperation between the United States and Brazil? What have been the most contentious issues between the two countries, and will they be able to overcome them? What is at stake for the countries’ relationship in Brazil’s presidential election later this year?

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Nestor Forster Jr., Brazil’s ambassador to the United States: “The Brazil-U.S. partnership is a source of well-being and prosperity for our peoples and contributes to the solution of global challenges, including food and energy security. In the recent Brazil-U.S. High Level Dialogue, our countries were able to assess the progress made in a broad array of areas. The economic partnership—so crucial to Brazil-U.S. relations—is experiencing a positive phase: bilateral trade in goods reached a historic $70 billion in 2021, and bilateral investments create jobs and help the post-pandemic recovery in both countries. Supply chain resilience has been the subject of ongoing attention, and the June Summit of the Americas presents a unique opportunity to address this topic of relevance to the hemisphere. Cooperation in multilateral forums is another important item on the Brazil-U.S. agenda. As a non-permanent member of the U.N. Security Council…”

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