President Barack Obama said he wants stronger ties with Brazil, especially in the commercial area, a top aide and possible successor to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said.
"He made what I consider a very strong and important statement," Lula's chief of staff Dilma Rousseff, speaking through a translator, said at the end of the US-Brazil CEO Forum, which brings together top US business and top government officials from each country.
Rousseff, who is Lula's preferred candidate in Brazil's 2010 presidential election, said Obama dropped in on her and other forum participants during a meeting in the office of White House national security adviser Jim Jones.
The forum consists of 10 business leaders each from the United States and Brazil, who meet at least once every six months to make recommendations to the two governments on how to expand trade and investment ties.
Tim Solso, president of Cummins Inc and the US co-chairman of the forum, said the participants urged the two countries to begin talks on a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement as a stepping stone to a broader trade pact.
White House deputy national security adviser Michael Froman said the two governments would explore that possibility, but had not made any decision yet.
Brazil's Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Miguel Jorge also also participated in the forum, along with US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke.
The two sides discussed progress on bilateral tax and investment treaties, as well as ways the two countries could cooperate on developing renewable energy source and addressing global climate change, officials said.
The CEOs recommended the United States eliminate its tariff on ethanol imports, a move that would benefit Brazil but face strong opposition from U.S. corn growers and their proponents in Congress, such as Senator Charles Grassley.
The government and business leaders called for conclusion of the long-running Doha round of world trade talks.
Froman denied the United States was dragging its feet in those negotiations, as some diplomats at World Trade Organization headquarters in Geneva have complained.
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