Brazil’s OECD membership not on the table for Paris meeting

Since the center-right took power after the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff in 2016, joining the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has been an obsession for Brazilian diplomats. Membership to the so-called “rich countries’ club” essentially serves as a stamp of approval that the nation in question is in line with the world’s best governance practices.

In recent days, Brazilian government officials spread the news about a promising development in the OECD’s enlargement agenda that could benefit Brazil’s accession process. The country has already adopted over 100 of the OECD’s 246 legal...