Overview

• U.S. embassy officials and congressional aides met the Brazilian Senate on Sept. 25 in Brasília under Sen. Nelsinho Trad, who leads the foreign relations panel and the Brazil–U.S. external commission.
• Holly Kirking Loomis and John Jacobs joined aides linked to Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Pete Ricketts, reflecting engagement from both the executive branch and Congress.
• The visitors asked Brazil to send a new delegation to Washington to deepen institutional conversations designed to prevent fresh trade frictions.
• The Senate’s temporary external commission was created in July in response to roughly 50% U.S. tariffs, and senators have already delivered technical impact reports in U.S. meetings.
• The meeting followed a cordial Lula–Trump encounter in New York, with a phone call expected in the coming weeks, and it came after earlier delegations faced reception hurdles and acknowledged interference by Deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro.