Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 02/2013

Recommendations for a New Administration: Building a Dynamic U.S.-Brazil Partnership

Johanna Mendelson Forman

December 2012

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Abstract

The United States and Brazil have worked hard to deepen their bilateral relationship in spite of some recent growing pains. Areas of agreement and possible cooperation outnumber discords and merit stronger efforts to exploit them. In brief, the next administration should: Strengthen U.S.-Brazil energy cooperation, Enchance defense cooperation and set terms for technology transfer, Lower trade barriers, Cooperate on critical infrastructure, Create a U.S.-Brazil counternarcotics commission, and Cultivate similar multilateral goals