USTR to consult Congress on next steps in Brazil trade talks

摘要

U. S.Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer plans to consult Capitol Hill in the "coming weeks" on U.S.-Brazil trade talks, which received a boost last month during a meeting between President Trump and his Brazilian counterpart at Mara-Lago, FL. Lighthizer this week discussed ways to deepen the U.S.-Brazil trade relationship in a conversation with Brazilian Foreign Affairs Minister Ernesto Araujo and other Brazilian officials. The Thursday phone call was a follow-up to the March meeting between Trump and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, after which the trade officials were told to intensify "discussions for a bilateral trade package this year."