Ahead of Brazil’s October 25 presidential runoff, the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center asked its experts what each outcome would mean for Brazil and its partners. Ambassador Story, a nonresident senior fellow at the Center, focused on the bilateral agenda with Washington: tariff relief, security cooperation and Brazil’s rare earth reserves.
“Critical minerals are perhaps the biggest prize,” he writes, noting that Brazil is likely to prioritize domestic processing regardless of who governs. He also argues that cooperation anchored in concrete results is better placed to endure political change in either capital.