Relationship dossier
Brazil
United Kingdom
Relationship assessment
Strategic partnership with cooperation on trade and climate issues
Brazil toward United Kingdom
+35Brazil participates in the bilateral strategic partnership with the United Kingdom, including cooperation on trade and climate issues.
United Kingdom toward Brazil
+40The United Kingdom participates in the bilateral strategic partnership and pledged £80 million to Brazil’s Amazon Fund in 2023, supporting rainforest protection.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship is structured by a strategic partnership and recurring diplomatic engagement, with cooperation in trade and climate policy. The United Kingdom’s support for the Amazon Fund is a concrete example of bilateral cooperation. The scope of these arrangements and their implementation across other areas remain unclear.
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 the United Kingdom maintain a strategic partnership with cooperation on trade and climate issues. The United Kingdom has also supported Brazil’s Amazon Fund, while the bilateral relationship includes ongoing diplomatic and economic engagement. The breadth and implementation of cooperation across policy areas are not fully clear.
Key developments
Brazil and the United Kingdom established a strategic partnership.
The United Kingdom pledged £80 million to Brazil’s Amazon Fund.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of cooperation under the strategic partnership are unclear.
- The extent of continuing bilateral climate and trade initiatives is uncertain.