Brazil – U.S.: President Dilma Rousseff arrives in Washington this week

Brazil’s rising stature and influence will be on display when President Dilma Rousseff arrives in Washington this week — as it was when President Obama visited Brazil one year ago, accompanied by his top economic advisors, including several Cabinet members, and about 50 chief executives from the largest U.S. companies. The conundrum that faces the two governments is how to turn what both agree is a critical relationship into a productive and cooperative one.

Brazilians and Americans talk a great deal about the desirability of a “strategic” relationship between their countries, but neither does much to achieve it. Read Article