Brazil eyeing presidential visit to White House - sources

[Judi Lynn]

Wed Mar 29, 2017 | 9:59pm BST



By Alonso Soto | BRASILIA

Brazilian and U.S. officials are in talks about a White House visit by President Michel Temer to discuss bilateral trade and investment issues, two sources in Temer's office said on Wednesday.

U.S. President Donald Trump invited Temer for a visit during a March 18 phone call, when the two leaders discussed deepening commercial and business ties between the Western Hemisphere's largest economies, the sources said.

Trump's promises to defend U.S. companies from foreign competition have worried Washington's partners in much of Latin America, especially Mexico which is under pressure to rework a free-trade deal with its northern neighbour.

But the centre-right Temer government hopes to see business opportunities opening up with the United States as it struggles to rescue the Brazilian economy from a two-year recession.

More:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-brazil-usa-visit-idUKKBN17031X?rpc=401&

[tenorly]

1. Fascists of the world unite.

Macri is said to be visiting the White House soon as well, probably shortly before the Argentine mid-terms this October.

With his luck, Trump will spend the whole visit laughing about how he screwed Macri's father out of the Lincoln West project in '84.

[Judi Lynn]

2. Macri is nothing if not predictable, right? How comical.

He may have to meet his new host, Mike Pence, instead, if anything goes right at all by October!

[center]

Oh, Trump, you are always so much fun. What a great guy. (Gag.)