(Reuters) – President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva reaffirmed this Friday, in a telephone call with the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, his willingness to conclude a new trade agreement between the two countries.
“I reaffirmed our willingness to conclude a new trade agreement with Mexico, in order to deepen the economic partnership between our countries,” said Lula in a publication on X.
“I reported on the productive trip I took to Asia and highlighted the potential for cooperation between Latin America and Southeast Asia.”
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According to Lula and a note released by Palácio do Planalto about the phone call, Sheinbaum expressed interest in Brazilian cooperation in ethanol production, to meet growing domestic demand, and also in the implementation of social programs to combat hunger and poverty.
“We celebrate the good moment in the Brazil-Mexico relationship and we agree to meet as soon as possible,” said Lula, in the post on the social network.
At the end of August, after meeting with Sheinbaum, the vice president and minister of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services, Geraldo Alckmin, stated that Brazil and Mexico planned to sign complementary trade agreements next year and signed preliminary agreements in agriculture, health and biofuels.
