the presidents of brazil and china are due to hold talks in beijing shortly. luiz inacio lula da silva and xijinping are expected to sign trade deals. they will also discuss the war in ukraine. our correspondentjoao da silva has the latest from singapore. well, we don t know the exact contents of the agenda, but, as you mentioned there, there is at least a couple of issues that are likely to make it into the talks. first, of course, it is trade and investment. the brazilian side has said they expect to sign more than 20 bilateral agreements. it signals their desire to strengthen economic relations with china. president lula who was returned to power only a few months ago knows he needs brazil s largest trading partner if he is to deliver on his promises to fight poverty and to really boost brazil s stagnant economy. and china, it is also interested in consolidating trade ties with brazil. beijing is facing growing tensions with the us which is its largest trading partner, and
a us air national guardsman is being questioned, after being arrested by fbi officers investigating the leaking of classified documents. jack teixeira, who s just 21, is expected to appear in court in boston later. the leaked material first appeared on an online chat forum, and has exposed details of ukraine s war plans. it also reveals the extent of the us s spying on its allies. here s what we know about jack teixeira. the 21 year old is a us air national guardsman. he was listed as a member of the intelligence wing of the massachusetts air national guard, based at otis air national guard base in western cape cod. according to his service record, which was obtained by our us partner cbs news, mr teixeira joined the force in 2019. david willis has the latest from washington. dressed in shorts and a t shirt, with news helicopters hovering overhead, the suspect in the latest us intelligence drama was taken into custody outside the family home south of boston. today, thejustice
president xijinping coming down beijing, there we have, that is president xi jinping coming down the steps on the red carpet, and i suspect preparing to meet president lula who is also travelling with his wife. this is the state visit that kicked off on wednesday, so president lula expected any moment now i suspect. in the meantime, as we watch these events unfold from beijing, i am going to speak to. larissa wachholz is a senior fellow with the brazilian center for international relations. she is in beijing with the brazilian delegation and joins us now. thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us. how important is this visit for both countries? it is this visit for both countries? it is very important indeed, not only brazil has a new government that would like to show their priorities
brazil s president, lula da silva, is meeting the chinese leader xi jinping at the climax of his official visit to china. there was a large ceremony to greet him upon his arrival. the two leaders are expected to sign trade deals and to also discuss the war in ukraine. earlier i spoke to larissa wachholz a senior fellow with the brazilian center for international relations. she is in beijing with the brazilian delegation. and i spoke to herjust as president lula arrived. i asked her about the significance of this meeting. it is very important indeed, not only brazil has a new government that would like to show their priorities in terms of international affairs and meeting all their major partners, and the brazilian president has been visiting these partners since the beginning of the government, so from january this year. i also think it s very important to highlight the optimism that is in place because of china reopening after almost three years closed due to the pandemic of covid 19.
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