Lula wants to sign a commercial agreement between Japan and Mercosur traveling to Asia
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva travels this Saturday (21), at 9 pm (Brasília time), to Tokyo, Japan, where he meets a visit of head of state next week, expecting to open the Japanese market for Brazilian beef and advance negotiations for a commercial agreement between the Asian giant and Mercosur.
The president’s trip is long. The flight, which departs from Brasilia, will make a supply scale in Houston, United States, to follow later to the destined end, where the president should only arrive, by the local time zone, on Monday (24), as Japan is 12 hours ahead of the official time of Brasilia.
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Lula’s agenda
The first commitment is a meeting with Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, on Tuesday (25), Monday night (24) in Brazil. On the same day, the monarchs offer a dinner at the Japan Imperial Palace.
On Wednesday (26), Lula participates in the Brazil-Japan Business Forum, with entrepreneurs from both countries, and will have a meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, followed by an Antar offered by the host at Akasaka Palace.
On March 28 and 29, Lula is to visit Hanoi in Vietnam. Southeast Asian Prime Minister Pham Minh Chính was in Brazil in 2023.
Throughout the trip, Lula should be accompanied by an entourage of 11 ministers, in addition to the presidents of the Senate, David Alcolumbre (Union-AP) and the House of Representatives, Hugo Motta (Republicans-PB), as well as Senator Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG), federal deputy Arthur Lira (PP-AL), among other parliamentarians.
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Trade and diplomacy
From the commercial point of view, in 2024, the Japan was Brazil’s third largest commercial partner in Asia and the third largest destination of Brazilian exports to the region, with a commercial exchange of US $ 11 billion and a surplus of US $ 148 million. According to the Central Bank (BC), in 2023, Japan was responsible for a total of US $ 35 billion in direct investments in the country, with the ninth largest stock of direct foreign investments (IED) in Brazil and the second largest Asian investor.
According to Brazilian diplomacy, one of the goals of the trip to Japan is to achieve a political commitment from the country to send to Brazil a technical mission of the Japanese sanitary authorities to inspect the conditions of beef production in the country. This would be one of the necessary steps for Brazil to access the Japanese beef market, the third largest meat importer in the world, one of the most coveted markets in the animal protein segment.
In Vietnam, which became the fifth largest consumer of Brazilian agricultural products, the goal is also to strengthen the partnership, both at the commercial and diplomatic level. One of the goals of this visit is to consolidate the necessary steps to raise Vietnam to Brazil’s strategic partner.
In 2024, Brazil and Vietnam registered a trade volume of US $ 7.7 billion, with a Brazilian surplus of US $ 415 million. In 2002, Lula’s last visit to the country, trade between the two nations was only $ 500 million.
Authorities planned on Lula’s trip to Japan and Vietnam
Ministers
- Minister of Education, Camilo Santana
- Minister of Labor, Luiz Marinho
- Minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira
- Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Vieira
- Minister of Transport, Renan Filho
- Minister of Ports and Airports, Silvio Costa Filho
- Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Carlos Fávaro
- Minister of Communications, Juscelino Filho
- Minister of Science, Technology and Innovations of Brazil, Luciana Santos
- Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Marina Silva
- Minister of Integration and Regional Development, Waldez Góes
Parliamentarians
- President of the Senate, David Alcolumbre (Union-AP)
- Mayor Hugo Motta (Republicans-PB)
- Senator Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG)
- Federal Deputy Arthur Lira (PP-AL)
