the presidents of brazil and china are due to hold talks in beijing shortly. luiz inacio lula da silva and xijinping are expected to sign trade deals. they will also discuss the war in ukraine. our correspondentjoao da silva has the latest from singapore. well, we don t know the exact contents of the agenda, but, as you mentioned there, there is at least a couple of issues that are likely to make it into the talks. first, of course, it is trade and investment. the brazilian side has said they expect to sign more than 20 bilateral agreements. it signals their desire to strengthen economic relations with china. president lula who was returned to power only a few months ago knows he needs brazil s largest trading partner if he is to deliver on his promises to fight poverty and to really boost brazil s stagnant economy. and china, it is also interested in consolidating trade ties with brazil. beijing is facing growing tensions with the us which is its largest trading partner, and
Brazilian vice-president visiting China for week of meetings on trade, infrastructure, climate change
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president xijinping coming down beijing, there we have, that is president xi jinping coming down the steps on the red carpet, and i suspect preparing to meet president lula who is also travelling with his wife. this is the state visit that kicked off on wednesday, so president lula expected any moment now i suspect. in the meantime, as we watch these events unfold from beijing, i am going to speak to. larissa wachholz is a senior fellow with the brazilian center for international relations. she is in beijing with the brazilian delegation and joins us now. thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us. how important is this visit for both countries? it is this visit for both countries? it is very important indeed, not only brazil has a new government that would like to show their priorities
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