Brazil is strengthening its integration into regional and global markets through three mutually reinforcing pillars: attracting investment into strategic sectors, deepening trade integration and value-chain participation, and enhancing the enabling conditions for competitiveness through infrastructure and skills development.
Investment policy is centred on New Industry Brazil (Nova Indústria Brasil – NIB), launched in 2024 as the country’s long-term industrial policy framework. Led by the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services, the strategy promotes production transformation, technological upgrading, innovation, digitalisation and decarbonisation through co‑ordinated public and private investment. It is complemented by the Ecological Transformation Plan, co‑ordinated by the Ministry of Finance, which aligns economic development with climate objectives and provides the overarching framework for sustainable investment. Two supporting initiatives are noteworthy. The Eco Invest Brazil Programme mobilises domestic and international private capital through blended-finance and risk-mitigation instruments. For its part, the Brazil Investment Platform for Climate and Ecological Transformation connects investors with projects aligned with the country’s sustainability priorities.
Priority investment sectors include sustainable agro-industrial value chains, healthcare and life sciences, digital transformation, renewable energy, resilient infrastructure, bioeconomy, low-carbon agriculture, green hydrogen and the circular economy. Investment policies also incorporate a territorial dimension by promoting opportunities linked to local comparative advantages, including the Amazon bioeconomy, renewable energy, logistics corridors and digital infrastructure.
Brazil is diversifying its trade partnerships to strengthen regional and extra-regional integration. Recent milestones include the MERCOSUR‑European Union, MERCOSUR‑EFTA and MERCOSUR‑Singapore agreements, while negotiations continue with Canada and Japan. Efforts to facilitate participation in regional and global value chains also include updates to the MERCOSUR Common Nomenclature and rules of origin. The agreements with the European Union and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) are expected to eliminate tariffs across the industrial sector and expand access to services and government procurement markets in much of Europe.
Infrastructure initiatives aim to improve regional and global connectivity and reduce trade costs. Brazil is developing five South American Integration and Development Routes, including the Capricorn Bioceanic Corridor, which will connect Brazilian production centres with Pacific ports through Paraguay and Argentina. The country is also expanding concessions and public-private partnerships in highways, ports, airports, waterways and urban infrastructure to strengthen logistics and facilitate trade.
Human capital development supports competitiveness in strategic sectors. Brazil is expanding technical and vocational education through the Federal Network of Professional, Scientific and Technological Education and promoting educational attainment through the Pé-de-Meia Programme. Initiatives to strengthen digital skills, including the use of artificial intelligence in education, and the Brazil‑Germany co‑operation project on professional education for the green economy aim to align workforce capabilities with emerging labour-market needs. At the regional level, Brazil also participates in MERCOSUR initiatives promoting labour mobility, professional training and digital integration, including agreements on electronic identification, digital signatures and the elimination of international roaming charges.