- U.S.-Brazil Priority Areas of Cooperation
- U.S.-Brazil Diplomatic History
- Bilateral Mechanisms
The United States and Brazil have a long-standing and increasingly diverse partnership. The United States Diplomatic Mission cooperates with Brazil on a wide range of issues, including economic growth and prosperity, and access to education, technology, and employment for all Brazilians. We are also working together to address global environmental and health challenges, to strengthen law enforcement and justice, and to promote energy security and regional and global stability.
The governments of Brazil and the United States use a variety of bilateral mechanisms to advance our partnership, from dialogues to working groups to official agreements. Please see fact sheets about all of our current bilateral mechanisms below. We invite you to send your feedback to the email listed on each fact sheet.
Bilateral Dialogues
- Global Partnership Dialogue
- Political Military Dialogue
- Consular Dialogue
- Space Security Dialogue
- Nonproliferation and Disarmament Dialogue
- Labor and Employment Dialogue
- Transnational Crime Working Group
- Internet and ICT Working Group
- Economic and Financial Dialogue
- Strategic Energy Dialogue
- Biofuels Cooperation
- Defense Cooperation Dialogue
- Joint Commission on Science and Technology Cooperation (JCM)
- Economic Partnership Dialogue
- Commercial Dialogue
- Bilateral Investment Dialogue
- Homeland Security Dialogue and Visa Issues Working Group
Bilateral Working Groups
- Joint Action Plan to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Discrimination (JAPER)
- Joint Working Group on Public Health
- Common Agenda on Environment (CAE)
- Consultative Committee on Agriculture (CCA)
- Department of Defense Bilateral Working Group and Joint Staff Talks (JST)
- Commission on Trade and Economic Relations
- Working Group on Disaster Management
Bilateral Agreements/Memoranda
- Education Strategy and Action Plan
- Joint Initiative on Urban Sustainability
- Memorandum of Understanding on Women
- Memorandum of Understanding between Government of Brazil and United States on Cooperation Regarding Climate Change
- Space Framework Agreement
- Memorandum of Understanding on Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement
- Defense Cooperation Agreement
- Aviation Partnership
- Transportation Partnership Agreement
- Brazil’s Ministry of Environment – Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Memorandum of Understanding on Environmental Cooperation
- Memorandum of Understanding on State and Local Cooperation
- Declaration of Intentions between the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity and Conversation and the United States Forest Service
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) – National Institute of Amazon Research (INPA) Space Memorandum of Understanding
- Memorandum of Understanding between U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Brazil’s Ministry of Cities in the Fields of Sustainable Housing and Urban Development
Other Mechanisms
- Permanent Security Forum
- Energy Forum
- CEO Forum
- Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA)
- Trilateral Cooperation Programs
- Judicial Cooperation