Obama: 'Enormous Progress' in US-Brazil Relationship
时间：2012-04-10 06:01:24
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President Barack Obama says there has been "enormous progress" in the U.S. relationship with Brazil, though more work needs to be done. The president spoke1 after Oval Office talks with Brazil's president, Dilma Rousseff, covering bilateral2 economic and trade relations, and global issues including the world economy.
President Rousseff's visit came a little more than a year after President Obama traveled to Brazil as part of his first extensive trip through Latin America.
The world's sixth largest economy, Brazil has extensive exploitable oil reserves and an expanding middle class. It also has an increasingly
assertive3 leadership role in global affairs, including such organizations as the Group of 20 leading industrialized and developing economies.
Among the issues discussed were trade, investment in technology and innovation, alternative energy and
joint4 education initiatives, including scholarships for Brazilians to attend U.S. universities.
President Obama
pointed5 to Brazil's social progress and stronger voice in world affairs.
"Moving from dictatorship to democracy,
embarking6 on an extraordinary growth path, lifting millions of people out of poverty, and becoming not only a leading voice in the region but also a leading voice in the world," said President Obama.
Mr. Obama called Brazil a leader in bio-fuels, and said the U.S. is a potential "large customer" for Brazil's extensive oil and gas deposits. President Rousseff called the oil and gas
sector7 a tremendous opportunity for cooperation.
President Rousseff said the two leaders also discussed the global financial situation, including steps in Europe to
stabilize8 the debt crisis there.
"During this meeting we also covered and mentioned our concern regarding the international crisis, which has led to instability, low growth and unemployment in several regions of the world," said President Rousseff.
Ms. Rousseff said she voiced concern to Mr. Obama about expansionary
monetary9 policies that she said can lead to
depreciation10 of currency values in developed countries and
impaired11 growth in emerging nations.
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