President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) arrived in Seoul, South Korea, this Sunday morning (22), on the second stage of his official trip to Asia.
Earlier, Lula ended his state visit to India with a press conference,
In South Korea, he will have commitments starting Monday morning (23), local time, including a meeting with President Lee Jae-myung.
Later, he should participate in the Brazil-Korea Business Forum, with the signing of an action plan to be implemented by 2029. More than 230 companies signed up to participate in the meeting.
cooperation, attract investments and advance in the opening of agricultural markets, especially for beef and pork, in addition to products with greater added value.
The mission ends on the 24th, with a return to Brazil, and is seen in Planalto as part of a broader strategy to diversify commercial partners, reduce dependence on traditional destinations and strengthen Brazilian presence in large-scale markets.
arrived in Seoul days before the president, on Wednesday (18), to meet with the South Korean first lady, Kim Hea-Kyung, and with Brazilians who live in the country.
See the full list of authorities in the presidential delegation:
- Janja Lula da Silva; first lady
- Ambassador Mauro Vieira, Minister of Foreign Affairs;
- Fernando Haddad, Minister of Finance;
- Carlos Fávaro, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock;
- Camilo Santana, Minister of Education;
- Alexandre Padilha, Minister of Health;
- Márcio França, Minister of Entrepreneurship, Microenterprise and Small Businesses;
- Esther Dweck, Minister of Management and Innovation in Public Services;
- Frederico de Siqueira Filho, Minister of Communications;
- Luciana Santos, Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation;
- Paulo Teixeira, Minister of Agrarian Development and Family Farming;
- Marina Silva, Minister of Environment and Climate Change;
- Márcio Elias Rosa, executive secretary of the Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services;
- Ana Estela Haddad, Secretary of Information and Digital Health;
- Andrei Rodrigues, director general of the Federal Police;
- Tarciana Medeiros, president of Banco do Brasil;
- Leandro Safatle, CEO of Anvisa;
- Jorge Viana, president of ApexBrasil;
- Eliziane Gama (PSD-MA), senator;
- Jorge Solla (PT-BA), federal deputy;
- Dorinaldo Malafaia (PDT-AP), federal deputy;
- Zé Neto (PT-BA), federal deputy.
Lula says he is “relieved” that he was not in a rush in negotiations with Trump
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) said, in New Delhi, India, that he was “relieved” for not having rushed into tariff negotiations with the United States given the uncertainties caused by disputes between the country’s Supreme Court and President Donald Trump.
The PT member stated that he could not judge the and did not directly comment on Trump’s announcements that the , movements that cause uncertainty in the trade negotiations of several countries, including Brazil.
“On taxation, we took a decision very cautiously and we made the correct decision. On some things the American government itself went back (in relation to tariffs against Brazil) and now we have the Supreme Court’s decision. Therefore, on the entire relationship between Brazil and the United States”, he said.
The president, however, acknowledged that negotiating with the Americans “is very difficult because it seems to me that the side there doesn’t have much desire to negotiate”.
Lula was making a reference to members of the American government who would believe that “President Trump resolves things through Twitter”.
According to him, “things only got a little better when I personally spoke to President Trump, because he gave us his phone number and we have direct contact. So, sometimes, I keep thinking that there are people who don’t want us to make the agreements work out, and that’s why I want to talk to Trump.”
The uncertainties caused by the struggle between the American Supreme Court and Trump were discussed among Brazilian government ministers who accompanied Lula on his state visit to India.
Some members of the delegation stated that it ended up entering the final phase of negotiations after the American decision, because some countries had just made agreements that include tariffs higher than the 15% global tariff announced by Trump after the court decision.
A member of the delegation assessed that this could have happened to Brazil, which would force the country to have to renegotiate everything again, as some countries will probably have to do now.
Tariffs will be the main topic of conversations between Lula and Trump, which should take place, according to the Brazilian government, in March, at the White House.
The president did not explain who were the members of the American administration who could be hindering the talks, but the Brazilian government identified since the beginning of the crisis resistance from some diplomats and members of the American Treasury Secretariat to Brazil. Therefore, Brasília’s strategy has been to concentrate conversations between the two heads of state.
