Brazil Sees Provisional US Trade Deal Soon as Relations Improve

Brazil hopes to reach a preliminary trade deal with the US as soon as this month, the South American nation’s top diplomat said, as relations between the two countries improve after a months-long feud.

A final Brazil-US trade agreement would come later, according to Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, who made the announcement following his Thursday meeting with his US counterpart Marco Rubio in Washington.

Vieira told reporters that Rubio reaffirmed a prior proposal stemming from technical talks for a “provisional deal by the end of this month or early next month.” After that, a final deal would be ...