Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Oct 2026

Net trust = % who trust - % who distrust. Equal-weight average across 31 countries. Online survey, June-July 2026

Source: Ipsos

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Brazil’s latest election result has already sparked discussion about how the country’s most important international relationships will develop.

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s re-election comes amid political friction with the United States, record Chinese investment and a closer European partnership supported by the EU–Mercosur agreement.

Each relationship offers Brazil something different. China brings enormous demand and investment. The United States remains an important industrial and energy partner. Europe combines trade with cooperation on climate and multilateral policy.

The trade data helps explain what is at stake.

Brazil exported US$348 billion in goods and imported US$280 billion in 2025, producing a trade surplus of approximately US$68 billion. Its exchanges with China, the U.S. and the European Union, however, followed three different patterns.

China: scale and investment

Brazil exported US$99.9 billion to China and imported US$70.9 billion, producing a bilateral surplus of roughly US$29 billion.

The relationship is heavily concentrated in commodities. Soybeans, crude petroleum and iron ore represented more than 74% of Brazil’s exports to China.

China is also becoming an increasingly important investor. Brazil welcomes that capital but wants more projects that support domestic production, infrastructure and industrial development—not only commodity trade. South China Morning Post

United States: industry and energy

Brazil exported US$37.7 billion to the U.S. and imported US$45.1 billion.

The relationship is more diversified than Brazil’s trade with China. Petroleum, aircraft and semi-finished iron lead Brazilian exports, while gas turbines and refined petroleum are among its largest imports.

These flows connect the two countries through industrial and energy supply chains. Politically, however, Brazil continues to emphasize an independent foreign policy rather than automatic alignment with Washington. BBC News

European Union: an almost perfect balance

Brazil exported US$46.6 billion to the EU and imported US$46.7 billion—a difference of just US$100 million.

Brazil primarily sends energy and agricultural products, while Europe supplies pharmaceuticals, vehicle components and other manufactured goods.

The EU–Mercosur agreement could deepen this already substantial relationship. European leaders have also positioned Brazil as an important partner on trade, climate and the multilateral system. Euronews

Three relationships, three roles

China provides scale and investment. The United States offers industrial integration. Europe brings balance and institutional cooperation.

The question following Brazil’s election is not simply which power the country will move closer to. It is how Brazil will use all three relationships to expand exports, attract investment and create more value at home.

Sources: 2025 goods-trade data from OEC.WORLD, aggregated to HS4. EU values were converted to U.S. dollars using the 2025 annual-average ECB exchange rate of €1 = US$1.1300.

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I built a website where people share how they feel on a scale from 1 to 10.

This infographic summarizes 6,004 mood entries collected between February 1 and October 27, 2026, grouped by continent.

Oceania has the highest average in this sample, while Europe and Asia are almost tied. Sample sizes vary considerably: Europe has 2,869 entries, compared with just 69 for Africa.

These are voluntary submissions, not a representative survey.

Source: . Each entry has equal weight in the averages. Geographic grouping follows UN M49, with Central America and the Caribbean included in North America and Taiwan assigned to Asia.

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