president lula da silva is paying a visit. president xijinping president lula da silva is paying a visit. president xi jinping told president lula da silva is paying a visit. president xijinping told his brazilian counterpart that chinese development would create new opportunities for brazil. the also an opportunity for beijing to reinforce ties with one of the world s emerging economic powers, a member of the group of economies which also includes russia, india and south africa. he said he viewed relations with brazil as a diplomatic high priority. the countries agreed a deal to ditch the dollar and trade between them in their own currencies. joining me now is the chief economist, who joins me now. big on promises after this meeting about what these deeper ties will mean for brazil but i wonder what was your to how much detail there was about the opportunities which could present themselves to brasilia. ., ., , brasilia. there were areas where there was detail, brasilia. t
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