Lula and Xi sign 15 agreements on trade, agriculture, new satellite
The presidents of Brazil and China signed 15 bilateral agreements on Friday, most of them on technological cooperation. Others include trade, agriculture, and an agreement to share news between the two countries’ official news agencies.
Brazil and China agreed to form a working group to facilitate bilateral trade. The group will study ways to “avoid unnecessary barriers to trade” and accelerate the “movement, release, and customs clearance of goods”.
On the Brazilian side, the group will be composed of members from both the Foreign Affairs Ministry and the Development Ministry — the latter of which is headed by Vice President Geraldo Alckmin.
The two countries also agreed to renew their space cooperation and build the seventh satellite in the China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite program. Each country will share half the cost of the new satellite. CBERS-6 is expected to be launched from China in 2028. Images from these satellites are used to provide information on deforestation, agriculture, droughts, land use, and water reservoirs, among others.
Brazil’s science and technology minister, Luciana Santos, said in Beijing that CBERS-6 will improve monitoring of the Amazon because its synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technology will allow it to provide images through clouds. Currently, clouds block most satellite views.
Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Xi Jinping also signed an agreement under which the state news agencies Xinhua and EBC will jointly share news stories and a limited number of photos each month.
Both countries also signed a new protocol on sanitary requirements for animal protein exported from Brazil to China and a work plan on electronic certificates for animal products.
The number of joint agreements signed this Friday dwarfs the single joint statement signed by Presidents Lula and Joe Biden back in February when the Brazilian president visited the White House.
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