President-elect Jair Bolsonaro has said he will not allow the sale of farmland to the Chinese. In an interview with TV Band, he commented for the first time on trade relations with China, after receiving a visit on Monday morning from the Chinese ambassador to Brazil, Li Jinzhang, and the ministers Song Yang and Qu Yuhui.
“I have been saying that all countries can buy in Brazil, now buy Brazil, no, that’s another story,” he said. “I see with great concern the possibility of Brazil selling farmland, because they are going to kill our agribusiness. Be it China, whatever country it is,” he said. He continued, “Australia does not allow this, it was China’s intention to buy land there, but there was no such possibility, and here we must act in the same way, if you open up to any other country, you will lose the food guarantee. ”
“We will not have any problems [with China], you can be sure that our trade can be even increased.” It is a fact that China does not want to stop doing business with us, or us with them. “They want to expand,” he said.
According to Agência Brasil, Bolsonaro said he had been invited to China. “They want me to go to China as soon as possible.” Paulo Guedes was present, and he was told that we can add value to what we export because you can not be a country of just exporting commodities. The issue of minerals will one day end, and we will live off of what? “He asked.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.