An aerial photo taken on March 7, 2025 shows a view of a port in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Xinhua/Wang Tiancong)"Brazil is seen as a reliable and safe supplier, especially now, with a bumper harvest and growing importer frustration over the U.S. trade war posture," said a Brazilian expert, noting that many countries are turning to other suppliers to avoid Washington's unilateral trade policies.SAO PAULO, March 31 (Xinhua) -- As U.S. President Donald Trump's growing protectionist trade policies drive the country inward, Brazilian experts said the shift promotes Brazil's agricultural exports.Antonio Diegues, an economics professor at the University of Campinas, told Xinhua that Brazil is well-positioned to respond to shifts in commodity trade flows caused by U.S. tariffs and trade confrontations."Brazil is seen as a reliable and safe supplier, especially now, with a bumper harvest and growing frustration among importers over the United States' trade war posture," said Diegues.He added that many countries are actively seeking alternatives to U.S. commodities to avoid the repercussions of Washington's increasingly unilateral trade policies.Brazil's ability to meet this demand will depend on internal improvements, particularly in infrastructure, and a continued neutral geopolitical stance, he noted."Our foreign policy emphasizes sovereignty and pragmatism over ideology -- unlike the United States, which has historically framed trade through a political lens, and is now doing so more overtly," Diegues said.Former diplomat Luiz Augusto de Castro Neves, president of the Brazil-China Business Council, said while there may be new market openings due to U.S. missteps, Brazil's long-term growth should come from systemic productivity improvements rather than external circumstances."We don't rely on other countries pulling back," he said. "We are focused on scaling our own productivity to remain more competitive across the board."That ambition, however, faces domestic challenges. Bartolomeu Braz, head of the Brazilian Soybean Producers Association, said Brazil's logistics remain a bottleneck."We have the agricultural capacity," he said, "but we lack the transport infrastructure. Our roads are congested -- we need railroads to move goods efficiently to ports."Despite this, Brazil's reputation is rising, with buyers increasingly viewing the country as a responsible and sustainable supplier, Braz said.Brazil has always emphasized long-term investment in agricultural innovation, said Ivo Mello, an agronomist at the Rice Institute of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil."Brazil has learned to produce competitively despite different soil and climate conditions," Mello said, adding that decades of adapting technology from abroad have yielded significant benefits.Experts agree that Brazil's opportunity for growth lies not only in filling the commodity export gaps left by the United States, but also in processing and adding value to its agricultural outputs.