The risk of “dependence” has been very systematic and recurring, appointed by the diplomacy and the Brazilian international relations community as justification for the refusal of any trade agreement with the U.S. Refractoriness is greater when it comes to a bilateral agreement between Brazil and the U.S. and will diminish as the potential for agreement becomes frankly, more multilateral. By order of magnitude,the difficulties decrease according to a ranking ranging from bilateral, like four plus one (Mercosur and the U.S.), hemispheric and multilateral as in the case of the WTO agreement.