Brazil and China began negotiations on technology exchanges on the
use of alcohol as fuel in internal combustion engines, a Brazilian
official said on Friday.
Brazilian Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Minister Sergio
Amaral said negotiations could include production, equipment and
alcohol technology.
Amaral was speaking to the press after meeting with the Vice
Minister of the State Development Planning Commission of China,
Zhang Guobao, who is visiting Brazil.
Amaral said Brazil and China will continue negotiations on
formalizing joint-venture investments to assemble Brazilian Embraer
aircraft in China. Zhang emphasized Brazil's importance as an
emerging country and said bilateral trade cooperation had been
strengthened.
He
said China acquired 18 million tons of iron ore in Brazil, and
there were plans to increase this volume. Brazilian exports to
China increased more than 75 percent last year.
(China Daily November 9, 2002)