EU and Brazil strengthen cooperation through new Digital Partnership
Digital transformation efforts accelerate as Brazil and the EU deepen ties.
The European Union and Brazil have signed a new Digital Partnership to strengthen cooperation on shared digital policy priorities, including AI, data governance, digital infrastructure, connectivity, online platforms and digital public goods and services.
The partnership was signed in Brasília and is intended to raise EU-Brazil digital cooperation to a more strategic level. According to the European Commission, Digital Partnerships are a core instrument of the EU’s external digital policy and are used to structure cooperation with like-minded partners.
The agreement builds on more than two decades of EU-Brazil cooperation, including the EU-Brazil Strategic Partnership and the existing EU-Brazil Digital Dialogue. The two sides said the partnership will support joint work on resilient global supply chains, rules-based digital governance and wider sharing of the benefits of technological progress.
The signing follows the adoption of mutual EU-Brazil data adequacy decisions in January 2026, which allow personal data to flow freely and securely between the two jurisdictions without additional requirements. The Commission described those decisions as creating the world’s largest area of free and safe data flows, covering around 670 million consumers.
Future cooperation under the Digital Partnership will be developed through technical workstreams and high-level exchanges. The first Digital Partnership Council is expected to meet within the next year to set out a joint roadmap for cooperation.
Why does it matter?
The partnership strengthens digital cooperation between the EU and one of Latin America’s largest economies at a time when AI governance, data protection, online platforms and digital public infrastructure are becoming central to international relations. It also shows how the EU is using digital partnerships and data adequacy decisions to expand trusted digital cooperation beyond Europe, while promoting regulatory alignment, secure data flows and shared approaches to global digital governance.
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