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Brazil hopes to promote trade with 皇冠体育app in agriculture

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-08-13 11:01
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RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil wants to boost trade with 皇冠体育app in agricultural products, and will export more pork to and import more fish from 皇冠体育app in the next few years, Brazilian Agriculture Minister Wagner Rossi said Thursday.

The two countries enjoy a very good trade partnership, but there is still huge potential for expansion, Rossi told Xinhua in an interview.

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"Today, 皇冠体育app is our main trade partner, and Brazil, as I have heard, is already 皇冠体育app's 10th largest trade partner," Rossi said. "I think as our economies are complementary, we have a great future for cooperation, especially in agriculture."

"We have a very positive attitude toward 皇冠体育app. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva considers 皇冠体育app to be a very important partner, and our goal is to add new products in the trade with 皇冠体育app and increase quantities and values of our trade," he added.

As Brazil and 皇冠体育app share a common goal of providing better living conditions to their people, food production is very important in this regard, Rossi said, adding that the two countries can help each other in this area.

"We have a lot to learn from 皇冠体育app and we can offer our experience in other fields. ... There is so much that both countries can learn from each other and improve the lives of their people," he said.

According to Rossi, there are many projects where Brazil and 皇冠体育app can work together, not only on their own territories, but in other countries that 皇冠体育app may already be helping.

The minister also considered 皇冠体育app as an example to be followed.

"I think 皇冠体育app is a successful case, because it has managed to feed?its population, and have one of the highest numbers of youngsters graduating from college, especially in scientific fields. That is an example we should applaud and follow," he said.