BRASILIA/MONTEVIDEO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Brazil is engaged in a “constructive dialogue” with Canada to resume negotiations for a free trade agreement between South America’s Mercosur bloc and Ottawa, the Brazilian Foreign Trade Secretary said.

Canadian officials are due to visit Brazil in late August, according to Tatiana Prazeres, Brazil’s Foreign Trade Secretary, who shared details of the visit in a written response to Reuters this week.

Canada signaled renewed interest in restarting talks with Mercosur last month, as part of a broader push to diversify trade away from the United States amid uncertainty caused by tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.