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By Nayara Figueiredo SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian food processor BRF will seek China’s approval to resume chicken and pork exports from two of its plants during a Brazilian government mission to the Asian country, two sources close to the matter told Reuters on Friday. The Brazilian government expects new approvals for Brazilian meatpacking plants …

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By Lisandra Paraguassu and Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil and China are in talks to create a fund for financing the development of green industry and renewable energy in both countries, two senior Brazilian officials told Reuters. The proposal could be announced during President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s visit to Beijing next week, …

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OTTAWA (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that China has not provided significant weapons to Russia for its war in Ukraine. “I’ve been hearing now for the past three months about China’s going to provide significant weapons to Russia,” Biden said at a news conference alongside Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “They …

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By Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Chinese-American citizen Kai Li, jailed in China on spying charges he denies, received a rare in-person visit last week from the U.S. Ambassador to Beijing and urged the U.S. government to continue to work for his release, Li’s son said on Friday. Over the course of …

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OTTAWA (Reuters) – The United States and Canada must together build a North American market on everything from semiconductors to solar panel batteries, in the face of growing competition, including from an “increasingly assertive China,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday. Trudeau, speaking in the Canadian parliament ahead of a speech by U.S. President …

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By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil will seek Chinese technology and investment to develop a semiconductor industry in the South American country despite U.S. attempts to discourage association with China in this area, a senior presidential adviser told Reuters. Semiconductors will be a priority on President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s visit to China …

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