The disclosure made this Thursday 13 lists the focal points of the Brazilian government with the visit; trade between countries was $150.4 billion in 2022
SPECIAL ENVOY TO BEIJING – The President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva He began his third state visit to China on Thursday. The Brazilian government’s goal is to “relaunch” relations with the Asian country, which has been Brazil’s main trading partner since 2009, but which under the government of Jair Bolsonaro has been the subject of criticism.
Last year alone, trade between the two countries totaled $150.4 billion, a record high and 21 times higher than the first PT trip to Beijing in 2004. Furthermore, Brazil is the fourth country in the world where China invests more, accounting for 5% of the total.
The Brazilian delegation, which arrived in Shanghai Wednesday evening, is the first to visit China after the choice of the new composition of the main Chinese government posts, which took place in the twin sessions of the National People’s Congress and the People’s Political Assembly Chinese Consultative Conference at the beginning of March.
In Lula’s entourage there are eight ministers, such as Finance, Fernando Haddad and Marina Silva, Environment, entrepreneurs, deputies, senators and trade unionists. There are still five governors, including Elmano de Freitas, from Ceará, and Carlos Brandão, from Maranhão. This Thursday the agenda was all in Shanghai, where Lula visited a Huawei factory between appointments.
four goals
According to an official announcement made this Thursday 13, in China, the Brazilian government has four objectives with the visit, which on the afternoon of this Friday 14 will culminate in a meeting between Lula and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The first is “the updating of the bilateral relationship between the two largest developing countries in their respective hemispheres”.
The second objective is “to intensify partnerships on strategic issues”, such as trade, investment in infrastructure, reindustrialisation, food security, energy transition and the environment.
Therefore, the presence not only of Marina Silva, but also of the Minister of Agriculture, Carlos Fávaro, who is making his second trip to the Asian country in less than fifteen days. At the end of March, when Lula’s official visit was scheduled, then postponed due to pneumonia, Fávaro went to meet a work schedule.
The third objective of Palazzo Planalto is to identify “new areas of cooperation of common interest, particularly in science, technology and innovation-intensive fields”.
Finally, Lula wants to “inaugurate a period of dynamization of high-level contacts, both bilaterally and in multilateral forums”, as in the United Nations (UN) and in the G20, group of the richest countries in the world. In his first speech in China, Lula defended reforms in these multilateral organizations and advocated greater participation of emerging countries in the world economy.
The business started in 1973
The first sale between Brazil and China took place in 1973, a year before the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The Lula government describes these relationships as “mature, solid and based on common and long-term interests”. In 2022, trade between the two countries reached an all-time high, at $150 billion. China imported $90 billion from Brazil and exported $60 billion.
Sales from Brazil to the Asian country in 2022 were higher than the total that the country sold to the United States ($37 billion) and the European Union ($50.8 billion). Brazil’s export basket to China is essentially concentrated on three products: iron ore, soybeans and oil. Last year, a third of Brazil’s agri-food exports went to China.
About 20 bilateral agreements between Brazil and China are expected to be signed during Lula’s visit. One of these will be for the construction of CBERS-6, the sixth in a line of satellites built in collaboration between the two countries. The new model will allow the monitoring of biomes, such as the Amazon forest, even with clouds, thanks to a new technology.
Lula has already made two state visits to China, the first in 2004 and the second in 2009. The President was also in Beijing for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in August 2008.
Source: Terra
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