The opportunity is there. Trump and Lula won’t seize it out of ideological affinity. But they might just do it because it makes perfect business and strategic sense

Lula could play the rare-earth card as a bargaining chip to lift the steep tariffs Trump announced

hat would be a deal both sides could sell as a win, particularly given the national security implications for the US

For its part, Brazil has been talking about a critical minerals strategy for decades, with little to show for it

A strategic alliance with the US, the country’s largest foreign investor, could finally give it momentum

Brazil has everything to be the perfect partner of the US in critical minerals: already a mining powerhouse, geographically close to the US and home to the world’s largest rare-earth reserves after China