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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil\u2014The Trump administration’s tariffs may have done what decades of diplomacy couldn’t: convince Europe and South America they needed each other.<\/p>\n

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For Brazil’s cacha\u00e7a makers, that diplomatic shift is already becoming a business opportunity.<\/p>\n

“I think growth will be immense,” distiller Assja Schymura of Pindorama, said. “If we can only get over these initial barriers.”<\/p>\n

Cacha\u00e7a, Brazil’s sugarcane-based liquor and the key ingredient in the country’s famed cocktail, the caipirinha, has won awards in European competitions but has long struggled to break into the market. Import taxes and lack of familiarity kept it mostly a niche export. Producers now see a chance to change that.<\/p>\n

In May, the European Union and Mercosur\u2014 a South American trade bloc known as the “Southern Common Market” that includes Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay \u2014 finally advanced a long-delayed trade agreement, cutting tariffs on hundreds of goods from airplane parts to cacha\u00e7a. Bolivia, which became a Mercosur member after most of the deal was already negotiated, is expected to join it in the next few years.<\/p>\n

The countries moved past decades of stalling to sign the deal after both sides were hit with U.S. tariffs last year. Unpredictable relations with the United States “tends to lead to seeking additional partners to make up for that,” former Brazilian trade official and diplomat Roberto Jaguaribe said.<\/p>\n

The EU-Mercosur agreement goes beyond just trade. It also commits members to uphold democratic institutions and remain in the Paris climate agreement\u2014commitments European and South American officials say matter more as Washington steps back from global climate and democracy initiatives under the Trump administration.<\/p>\n

That shift in relations has given a new momentum to other talks. At a conference in Brazil this month on strengthening ties between Europe and Latin America, Finnish diplomat Anna-Kaisa Heikkinen argued that countries committed to the rules-based international order “need to get our act together.”<\/p>\n

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Despite the conference’s harmonious tone, South America and Europe still have some disagreements on trade. European lawmakers representing agricultural regions worry it could expose farmers to cheaper imports and sent the agreement to the EU Court of Justice for review in January. That means a ruling in the next two years or so could lead to changes in the agreement.<\/p>\n

Mercosur’s new openness to trade goes beyond just the EU deal, however. It has rushed to negotiate other trade pacts since Trump took office. It signed one last year with four non-EU European countries and is in talks with Canada, Japan, and the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n

That’s a shift for countries like Brazil, which has long maintained relatively high tariffs. Officials say recent shocks\u2014from U.S. trade pressure to pandemic-era shortages\u2014have forced a rethink.<\/p>\n

The shocks have triggered “a very important moment of change,” in Brazilian trade policy according to former Brazilian official Larissa Wachholz. “I don’t see that going back to hundred percent protectionism,” she added.<\/p>\n

The directors of Pindorama company, meanwhile, say there is a benefit to trade openness that goes beyond financial earnings: the chance for people to learn more about Brazil.<\/p>\n

“People might have an image of Brazil that is restricted to carnival,” creative director Rafael Dal\u00f3 says. But learning about their cacha\u00e7a, he added, means learning about the forest where it is made, which produces specific smells and flavors. “It’s another Brazilian story.”<\/p>\n

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