Relationship dossier
Brazil
Chile
Relationship assessment
Brazil and Chile have a strategic partnership and a broad free trade agreement
Brazil toward Chile
+45Brazil has pursued closer economic and political ties with Chile through the bilateral strategic partnership and the free trade agreement signed in 2018, which entered into force in 2022.
Chile toward Brazil
+45Chile has pursued closer economic and political ties with Brazil through the bilateral strategic partnership and the free trade agreement signed in 2018, which entered into force in 2022.
Overall relationship
+45The relationship is anchored by a strategic partnership and a broad bilateral trade agreement, with cooperation extending into regulatory and social policy areas. These durable arrangements support a substantially cooperative relationship; the extent of their implementation and broader cooperation is less clear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Brazil and Chile maintain a substantially cooperative relationship, with a strategic partnership and a bilateral free trade agreement that entered into force in 2022. The agreement expanded cooperation beyond trade in goods, covering areas including e-commerce, labor and environmental matters. These arrangements provide a durable basis for bilateral engagement, although the scope and outcomes of their implementation are not fully clear.
Key developments
Brazil and Chile established a strategic partnership to deepen bilateral cooperation.
Brazil and Chile signed a bilateral free trade agreement.
The Brazil–Chile free trade agreement entered into force.
Major uncertainties
- The extent and practical outcomes of implementation of the bilateral free trade agreement are unclear.
- Details of recent bilateral cooperation beyond trade and the strategic partnership are limited.