Canada signs agreements with Brazil
Posted Aug 8, 2011 03:17:25 PM.
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper opened a four-country Latin American tour today by announcing a number of modest deals with Brazil.
He and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff signed agreements on air transport, social security, Olympic co-operation and international development aid effectiveness. They also announced a business leaders’ forum that would see Canadian and Brazilian executives meet on the margins of high-level diplomatic talks.
Harper says Brazil is a major global economic player and a key priority market for Canada. At a signing ceremony in Brasilia, Rousseff said she and Harper don’t agree with Standard & Poor’s decision to downgrade the credit rating of the United States.
However, the Prime Minister’s Office later said Rousseff was speaking on behalf of Brazil, not Canada.
Harper’s trip will also take him to Colombia, Costa Rica and Honduras.
