Brazil → United States
This score represents Brazil's relationship toward United States. The reverse direction is calculated separately and shown alongside it.
SIX-COMPONENT MODEL
Current component scores
Component values run from −100 to +100 and are combined with the published weights.
No reviewed evidence met this component’s scoring threshold.
Why this score?
The model starts every component at zero. No documented condition or active event currently changes this one.
Coverage gap: Defence dialogue existed, but reviewed evidence did not meet a frozen positive security rule.
4 documented factors produce the +25 diplomacy assessment.
Why this score?
- +35Mature partnership grounded in mutual respect and shared interestsBaseline rule · 2015
Mature partnership grounded in mutual respect and shared interests.
- +10Multiple presidential-level coordination dialoguesBaseline rule · 2015
Multiple presidential-level coordination dialogues.
- -30Tariffs and political accusations sharply strain relationsActive event · 2025
A 40% additional tariff and national-emergency declaration create major current friction.
- +10Joint global labor initiative broadens cooperationActive event · 2023
The presidents launched a global initiative built on democracy, climate and labor cooperation.
4 documented factors produce the +15 economic assessment.
Why this score?
- +15Institutional trade, finance and energy cooperationBaseline rule · 2015
Institutional trade, finance and energy cooperation.
- +20Bilateral trade thresholdBaseline rule · 2015
Reported trade activates the absolute methodology route using the latest observation available for this year.
- -35Tariffs and political accusations sharply strain relationsActive event · 2025
A 40% additional tariff and national-emergency declaration create major current friction.
- +15Annual methodology 1.1 recalculationAnnual recalculation · 2026
The current component replaces the 2015 quantitative threshold or time-bounded structural package with the evidence applicable in the selected year.
3 documented factors produce the -10 alignment assessment.
Why this score?
- +10Joint work on climate, human rights and global governanceBaseline rule · 2015
Joint work on climate, human rights and global governance.
- -30United Nations voting alignmentBaseline rule · 2015
A rolling three-year comparison of UN General Assembly votes activates the alignment threshold.
- +10Joint global labor initiative broadens cooperationActive event · 2023
The presidents launched a global initiative built on democracy, climate and labor cooperation.
2 documented factors produce the -5 disputes assessment.
Why this score?
- +15Disagreements managed within a durable cooperative frameworkBaseline rule · 2015
Disagreements managed within a durable cooperative framework.
- -20Tariffs and political accusations sharply strain relationsActive event · 2025
A 40% additional tariff and national-emergency declaration create major current friction.
2 documented factors produce the +25 societal assessment.
Why this score?
- +20National-scale education, science and youth exchangesBaseline rule · 2015
National-scale education, science and youth exchanges.
- +5Joint global labor initiative broadens cooperationActive event · 2023
The presidents launched a global initiative built on democracy, climate and labor cooperation.
+14 in 2015 → +5 in 2026
The change is generated from sourced events and frozen scoring rules, not retrospective editorial adjustment.
2 points
Brazil → United States and United States → Brazil remain independent assessments.
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Events affecting the current score
Tariffs and political accusations sharply strain relations
A 40% additional tariff and national-emergency declaration create major current friction.
Joint global labor initiative broadens cooperation
The presidents launched a global initiative built on democracy, climate and labor cooperation.
This analytical score is not an objective fact, endorsement or prediction. Confidence reflects evidence coverage, while incomplete or unavailable observations remain explicit. Differences below 5 points are treated as practical ties rather than a meaningful ranking.
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