Brazilian Agriculture Minister Teresa Cristina Diaz said she will discuss the state of the US-Brazilian trade in meat, sugar and ethanol in negotiations between officials of the two countries, which are scheduled for next week.
Diaz said one of the priority topics in the discussions was the opening of the American market for the export of fresh beef from Brazil. “Expectations are good. We are preparing documentation and see if we can open this market ... so that all Brazilian meat packers can resume export to the US, ”the minister told reporters. At the same time, Teresa Diaz refused to say that she was ready to give Brazil in exchange for the access of her beef to the American market.
The Minister expressed hope that US officials would show goodwill after Brazil complied with all the requirements and requested information from the Americans regarding the export of fresh beef. The United States stopped purchasing fresh Brazilian beef in June 2017, after a significant part of the supplied product was not Passed a security check.Brazil, the world's largest beef exporter with sales of around 1.6 million tons in 2018, has since been trying to resume fresh food supplies to the United States. In addition to fresh beef talks, the minister said she intends to discuss wider access to the American Brazilian sugar market, as well as its own Brazilian restrictions on ethanol supplies from the USA.