President biden well, mr. President , its great to see you again. Welcome to new york. You know, when i hosted you at the white house in february, you said that we have an obligation to leave the next generation a better world and i couldnt agree with you more. Brazil and the United States are meeting that obligation together. At least that is our intention. Weve begun it and were going to continue. Were working lockstep to tackle the climate crisis, including mobilizing hundreds of millions of dollars to conserve the amazon. And critical ecosystems in latin america. And weve advanced our Work Together through the partnership for the atlantic cooperation, promoting inclusive economic growth, and the two largest democracies in the western hemisphere are standing up for human rights around the world and in the hemisphere. That includes workers rights, and im honored were going to launch a new partnership for workers rights in just a few moments. Mr. President , thank you for being here today and i look forward to continuing to Work Together to build a better world, including during your g20 presidency this year. Which im anxious to work with you throughout the year. Thank you. The floor is your, sir. Pres. Lula da silva President Biden, first of all, i would like to say to you, sir, the satisfaction and great pleasure it is for us to have a meeting on the part of the brazilian government with the american government. I believe that this is an historical moment that should serve as a role model when we look to the geopolitics in the world and we perceive that the opportunities are becoming narrower and narrower and democracy is becoming more and more its more and more in danger because the denial of politics has made that farright sectors try to occupy the space due to the denial of Politics Around the world. This already happened in brazil and now its starting in argentina and its going on in many other countries. The fact that were getting closer, brazil and the u. S. , and this initiative that was proposed by President Biden that we should build a plan so we can offer to our youth, to our people prospects of a good job, a more skilled and qualified work, trying to benefit from the Climate Energy transition, the energy transition, trying to take advantage of a. I. , it is necessary that we should present a concrete proposal to arouse hope in civil society. That lives as working families. I followed your speech during the inauguration and then afterwards i followed another of your speeches and ive never seen before a u. S. President talk so much and so well of the workers as you talk, refer to the workers. And this was the italians, labor federations asked for me, asking me about your speech and the Italian Labor Movement and others in europe, the u. S. President most advocated for the workers rights and this is a perfect combination because i come from the labor world and i think that labor and work has become precarious work, salaries are very low and the workers work more and gain less. This idea from you, mr. President , to have a joint proposal we can start to discuss and take it to the g20, i believe this initiative is very important for brazil and i also believe its important for the u. S. , but its important for the rest of the world. So i believe that theres one thing that is important thats going on in this political juncture in the world. We had the return of democracy in brazil and we built all the political alliances. We had to really build them again and we will chair the brics process in 2025 and wheelchair the g well chair the g20 next year and the g30 in 2026. We can do it sharing with the u. S. Government. And so i believe that its extremely important that we can Work Together. I believe that its important that the u. S. , not america, should see whats going on in brazil, in this historical moment of ecological transition, changes in the Energy Matrix and the potential that our country has in terms of investment in wind power, solar power, biomass, biodiesel, biofuels, ethanol and green hydrogen. So there is a joint work thats an exceptional situation for brazil and the u. S. So this meeting here, mr. President , i believe that its more than just another bilateral, its a faith relationship that were building here and a new era for the u. S. Brazil relation, amongst equal partners, a sovereign relationship, but of common interest in the benefit of the working people in your country and in my country. President biden i couldnt agree with you more. I know im not supposed to speak again. But my dad used to have an expression when i was growing up. My father had an expression. My father was did not have a college degree, but he was a wellread man and he worked very hard his whole life. He said, joe, a job is about a lot more than a paycheck. Its about your dignity. Its about self respect selfrespect. Its about being able to look your children in the eye and say, honey, its going to be ok, and mean. It everyone deserves an equal shot. Thats why weve tried to build an economy from the middleout and the bottomup. Not the topdown. Because when the middle does well, everybody does well. Working class folks have a chance to move up and the wealthy still do fine. As long as they pay their taxes. But at any rate. Im really looking forward to working with you. I really am. Pres. Lula da silva and, president , we are always trying to convince the rich people that the less poor exist in humanity, the fewer the poor, it will even be better for the rich. So, poverty and inequality is not in the interest of anybody. And so i believe that this gesture that we are achieving here in the heart of the u. S. , trying to arouse expectations for high hopes. I worked 27 years inside a plant. Ive seen unemployment. Ive experienced unemployment. Ive experienced i should say, yesterday my labor minister visited the trade unionists from the u. S. That are on strike and they had a very good meeting. And i think that this is a Golden Moment for us and the possibilities that we have ahead and were arousing for a dream for those kids that are 18, 19, 20 years of age, this youth that has no perspective, i think that this gesture of ours could be service for hope so that people can start to believe that, yes, it is possible to build another world. Another world is possible with more alternatives, more solidarity, with more fairness and that humanity goes back to humanism that people should demonstrate more solidarity. In brazil we always say the following. It is necessary to make that hope overcome fear. This is the motto and this gesture here, we are arousing hope for millions and millions of brazilians and americans. That need to have an opportunity to live their lives, to be a winner and to build their families through decent work. So thats why its extremely important. You know, you know that im a president that has not carried a university degree. The only thing that i have is a Vocational Training degree and i believe that this gives me a different kind of vision of the world where part of the brazilian class in brazil doesnt manage to see. And so thats why we decided to develop so many social inclusion policies and were trying to reach a bar that will take people to have more dignity and in the eight months that were in office, were already restoring democracy procedures in brazil. We have already recovered 42 social inclusion policies, we have already drafted an Investment Plan for the first time in under a democratic regime, we just passed a tax reform in the house of representatives. And i think that this will allow that brazil can have a quality leap forward and i believe that the relationship between the u. S. And brazil would be improved and that we can behave as friends seeking a common objective. Development and improving the lives of our people. President biden i know the staff is going crazy, theyre supposed to say were supposed to ask the press to leave a long time ago but i want to say one more thing. Our secretary of treasury pointed out that the Treasury Department did a significant report and pointed out that, this is a fact, when organized labor is engaged and involved, everyone does better. The wealthy do better, everyone does better. When you eradicate poverty, when you bring people up to a Living Standard thats real, everyone benefits. The whole economy benefits. And thats why i sent you the best ambassador in america, to make sure youre all set. At any rate. We better get on to business, i guess, here. [captioning performed by the national cap cicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2023] thanks, guys, appreciate it. Thank you, thank you. Now, more from President Biden and the president of resilience as they announce a new initiative between their two countries aimed at protecting workers rights and addressing workplace discrimination