Official sources reported that the Foreign Ministers of Brazil and the United States, Mauro Vieira and Marco Rubio, held a meeting on Wednesday (12/11/2025) in Canada to advance negotiations aimed at canceling the additional 50% tariff imposed by Washington on Brazilian exports.
The meeting took place in Niagara-on-the-Lake, on the sidelines of the ministerial meeting of the Group of Seven, a group of major economies in the world, in which Brazil participated as a guest.
“In the period between the two sessions, Vieira addressed the current status of bilateral negotiations with the United States in a conversation with Foreign Minister Marco Rubio,” the Brazilian Foreign Ministry stated in a message posted on social media accompanied by a photo of the two Brazilian foreign ministers.
According to sources from the Brazilian Foreign Ministry, diplomats discussed the status of the talks and agreed to hold a new face-to-face meeting in the coming weeks to try to break the dialogue deadlock.
Vieira used the conversation to remind Rubio that Brazil sent a formal negotiation proposal to the US government on November 4, after a virtual meeting between the technical teams of both countries.
The Chancellor stressed that such efforts respond to the guidance she received from Presidents Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Donald Trump, who addressed the issue during a meeting last month in Malaysia.
Starting in August, the Trump administration imposed an additional 50% tariff on imports of a large portion of Brazilian products in response to alleged political persecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro, an ally of the Republican leader.
Signs of American facilitation
The Brazilian government claims that this restriction does not make economic sense because the United States has for several years had a surplus in its trade with Brazil.
According to official Brazilian sources, the intention of the Lula government in the current negotiations is to reach an immediate suspension of the additional duties, while moving towards a broader understanding, which may include trade in rare earths and strategic minerals.
Washington has already shown signs of flexibility, and Trump on Tuesday mentioned on his social networks the possibility of reducing some tariffs on coffee imports as part of his strategy to contain domestic inflation.
Coffee is one of Brazil’s main export products to the United States, and it was not included, along with meat, on the list of items exempt from paying additional customs duties.
Vieira said in statements to the Brazilian press in Canada: “We heard the news related to coffee here in Canada, but so far we have not been contacted by any authority. I hope they will convey something to us through the embassy. It is something very important for the Brazilian economy and it will be a very welcome measure.”
The dialogue between the two governments comes after months of tensions that included the imposition of personal sanctions on Brazilian officials and the cancellation of the visas of the Supreme Court judges responsible for the trial in which Bolsonaro was convicted.
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