O Etanol nas relações entre Brasil e União Europeia de 2014-2018

Abstract

The strategic partnership between Brazil and the European Union, signed in 2007, solidified the mutual interest in establishing dialogues on several central themes for those involved, among them, there is the topic of renewable energies, which has gained a large space on the international agenda due to climate change. This paper aims to analyze the dimension of biofuel ethanol in Brazil-European Union relations in the period between 2014-2018, as well as, the direction of Brazilian foreign policy with the transitions of the Dilma-Temer governments, especially in the area of ethanol. In order to deepen the research on this theme, the theoretical view of Foreign Policy studies is used, applying analytical concepts from the works of Hermann (1990) and Putnam (2010). The importance of observing the continuity of this partnership regarding biofuels is due to the magnitude that the subject has for both of them. Among several factors, on the one hand there is the need for the European Union to expand its use of renewable energy, to contain greenhouse gases and comply with its assumed targets, and on the other hand, it is shown in the influence that the ethanol market has in the Brazilian economy, being the second largest producer and exporter in the world, and also by the Brazilian bioeconomic development. It is understood that, despite the changes in governments, it is necessary to continue the dialogues initiated by Brazil and the European bloc, especially in the context of strategic partnerships. Therefore, biofuels, as a relevant agenda for both sides, are a way of bringing them closer together in order to continue their strategic partnership.