Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has released a joint statement reaffirming Brazil and Portugal’s commitment to revising the 2000 Brazil-Portugal Income Tax Treaty on 19 February 2025. This declaration was made during the XIV Brazil-Portugal Summit, held in Brasília on the same day.
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