Brazil and US plan late-September talks on tariffs
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The Facts
- Brazil and the United States are planning in-person talks on US tariffs on Brazilian products.
- The talks are expected during the G20 trade ministers’ meeting on September 30 and October 1.
- Márcio Elias Rosa is expected to represent Brazil in talks with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.
- Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira is expected to join the Brazilian delegation.
- US tariffs imposed in July affected several categories of Brazilian exports.
- Brazilian and US technical teams have been exchanging documents ahead of the planned meeting.
- Brazil’s trade minister said no draft agreement has yet been developed between the countries.
Context
When and where are the talks expected to take place?
They are expected alongside the G20 trade ministers’ meeting on September 30 and October 1 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. InfoMoney Exame O Globo
Who is expected to participate?
Brazil’s Márcio Elias Rosa and Mauro Vieira are expected to meet Jamieson Greer, the US trade representative. O TEMPO Jovem Pan –… Valor Econômico
What remains unresolved?
The agenda has not been detailed publicly, and Brazil’s trade minister said there is no draft agreement. Jovem Pan –… Valor Econômico
Where Left and Right agree, and where they split
- Where Left and Right agree
- Both sides treat the July tariffs as real leverage that shouldn't be traded away for nothing, agreeing no draft deal exists as talks approach.
- Where Left and Right split
- Whether the negotiation should be judged by protections it secures for workers bearing the tariff costs, or by reciprocal market access it wins for American producers.
- Why they won’t converge
- The divide is over values: whether tariff relief should be conditioned on protections for workers or on reciprocal market access for American producers, a disagreement that persists however the talks resolve.
How left and right read it
Tariff costs don't stay at the border; they land on the people who make and move goods, which is why the July measures hitting several categories of Brazilian exports matter well beyond trade ministries. No draft agreement exists yet. That is precisely the opening: because the terms are still unwritten, the burden falls on negotiators heading into the G20 meeting to lift these tariffs on terms that protect workers — not to trade relief for deregulation.
Leverage is only worth what it buys, and the July tariffs on several categories of Brazilian exports are leverage. Brazil is sending both its trade minister and its foreign minister to meet Jamieson Greer at the G20 gathering, with technical teams already trading documents, which tells you how much Brasília wants relief. Yet no draft agreement exists. The tariffs should stay until American producers get reciprocal access worth naming.
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