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Technical Note - 2022 - January - Número 06 - Dinte Brazil and the United States: routes for improving a historical economic partnership
Autores: Flavio Lyrio Carneiro e Walter Antonio Desiderá Neto
Over the past two decades, the bilateral relations between Brazil and the United States (US) have been predominantly marked by political friendship and positive economic association. Ever since the 1990s, when Brazil consolidated its stabilization process,1 every president elected in the country has gathered summits with his or her American counterparts. In those events, both governments’ leaders have emphasized that their partnership is based on a few common general goals. They can be summarized as: i) the desire to build an inclusive and just world order; ii) the commitment to the promotion of democracy; iii) the respect for human rights; iv) the understanding between diverse cultures; and v) the defense of economic and social inclusion around the world. Other recurring principles have been freedom, equality, social justice, respect for sovereignty, the repudiation of racial and ethnic discrimination, and the defense of environmental sustainability. Besides these shared national objectives, the common characteristics of both countries have also been highlighted on those presidential meetings as an additional basis of their fruitful association. Among other factors, the presidents have been stressing the following elements: i) their countries are the two largest democracies and economies in the Americas; ii) the continental dimension of their territories; iii) the richness and diversity of their cultures; and iv) the multiethnic configuration of their societies (table 1 for selected data). By building the bilateral relationship upon these common bases, they have granted a growingly respectful and equitable treatment with one another. With the strengthening of mutual trust, their differences in international politics could be bilaterally negotiated on a case-by-case basis, each side defending its ideas and posing its demands respectfully with each other (Pecequilo, 2010).
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