Countries have different names for different cuts of beef. For example, brisket in the US is from a different portion of beef than in the UK.
I've actually never heard of brisket before, what' sthat? 
Brisket is a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest of beef. It is also called brisket in the same cut of veal. Brisket is also one of the nine primal cuts of beef.