Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Obama and Brazil?s president discuss trade, energy

Tom Cohen ? CNN, 04/09/2012

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, shown in Brasilia last week, met with President Obama in Washington on Monday.

President Barack Obama and visiting Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Monday stressed the importance of strong ties between their countries, despite Brazil?s concerns about U.S. economic policies that it says can work against emerging economies.

In comments to reporters after a White House meeting, Obama and Rousseff highlighted the areas of cooperation on energy development, education and trade as the two leaders prepare to attend the upcoming Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, beginning Friday.

However, they made no mention of less collaborative topics, such as whether each country will purchase new military aircraft from the other, or whether the United States will support Brazil?s efforts to gain a seat at the U.N. Security Council.

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