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Viewing cable 08SAOPAULO529, Senator Hagel in Brazil, Meetings on Foreign Policy

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08SAOPAULO529 2008-10-02 16:26 2011-07-11 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Consulate Sao Paulo
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 SAO PAULO 000529 
 
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SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 
 
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E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL KPAO BR
SUBJECT: Senator Hagel in Brazil, Meetings on Foreign Policy 
 
SAO PAULO 00000529  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
1.  (SBU) Summary: Senator Chuck Hagel visited Sao Paulo September 2-3, 
meeting with a variety of interlocutors, including foreign policy 
experts and Sao Paulo Governor -- and likely 2010 presidential 
candidate -- Jose Serra.  They emphasized that the United States 
should not try to push Brazil on issues like security and terrorism 
or to negotiate some sweeping free trade agreement with the country. 
 Instead, they advocated sectoral trade arrangements based on our 
shared interests in producing cheaper, cleaner energy.  They 
dismissed the contretemps over the Fourth Fleet as a distraction 
from more important issues.  Governor Serra expressed concern about 
the protectionist elements in the Democratic Party.  Overall, the 
foreign policy experts were very pleased with the present state of 
U.S.-Brazilian relations and hoped that this would continue.  End 
Summary. 
 
Foreign Policy Lunch 
 
2.  Senator Hagel had a luncheon at the Consul General's residence 
with a variety of important figures who have shaped Brazil's foreign 
relations.  Those who attended were: former Minister of Foreign 
Affairs Celso Lafer; former Ambassador to the U.S. Rubens Barbosa; 
former Ambassador to the U.S. and to the WTO Rubens Ricupero; former 
Ambassador (London and Paris) and former Minister of Commerce, 
Industry, and Trade Sergio Amaral; and Ombudsman for the "Folha de 
Sao Paulo" newspaper Carlos Eduardo Lins da Silva. 
 
Will the U.S. Lead? 
 
3.  Ambassador Amaral noted that, during the periods right after 
World Wars I and II, the United States offered a sweeping vision for 
change to the international community.  He questioned whether 
Washington would again step up to the plate.  Senator Hagel replied 
that he was confident the U.S. could fulfill this role yet again. 
 
Trade Now Front and Center 
 
4.  Ambassador Ricupero noted how trade had taken center stage in 
U.S.-Latin American relations.  He recommended that the U.S. not 
pursue a big, inclusive FTA-type agreement with Brazil, since the 
agricultural issues that separate the two countries are too great. 
Instead, he said the U.S. and Brazil should focus on sectoral 
accords, searching out specific areas where trade can be freed up. 
Ambassador Amaral seconded this approach.  Ambassador Sobel cited 
Colombia as a concrete example of the benefits of free trade.  He 
pointed to the "sea change" that he had seen in perceptions of the 
country.  Once, Colombia was viewed entirely through the lens of 
national security, but now people discuss the country in terms of 
investment opportunities. 
 
5.  Ambassador Barbosa underlined the possibilities for U.S.-Brazil 
trade relations in the energy area.  The U.S. needs energy and 
Brazil is rapidly developing into a potential energy exporter.  That 
said, Brazil will need "hundreds of billions in new investment" to 
realize this potential, particularly in the development of off-shore 
petroleum reserves, a fact which sets optimal conditions for doing 
business with U.S. firms, experts in this area. 
 
Pragmatism Critical 
 
6.  (SBU) Ambassador Amaral argued that both the U.S. and Brazil should 
be more pragmatic in the way they think about each other.  With 
burgeoning economic complementarities in energy, the U.S. has "no 
reason to push Brazil" on matters of security, Iraq, or terrorism 
(issues that seem distant to the Brazilians).  Instead, he was 
confident that mutual economic interests could bring the two 
countries together. 
 
7.  (SBU) Ambassador Ricupero observed that Brazil could be more calm 
and pragmatic in regard to Washington.  He cited a recent editorial by 
retired Brazilian Admiral that used gentle wit to describe some 
Brazilians' hyperventilating response to the announcement of the 
re-creation (on paper) of the Fourth Fleet.  In his article, Admiral 
Flores said that Brazil "should be more worried about the condition 
of its one and only fleet than worried about the United States 
Fourth Fleet." 
 
Governor Serra: Worried About Protectionism 
 
8.  Senator Hagel also met with Sao Paulo Governor Jose Serra, who 
invited Ambassador Ricupero to accompany him.  Ricupero described 
the U.S. as entangled in wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and said that 
Brazilians do not respond to recent U.S. rhetoric about national 
 
SAO PAULO 00000529  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
security.  Brazil, he noted, was a country insulated from world 
conflicts by geography -- it has not fought a war in one hundred 
years -- and it is the only BRIC without nuclear weapons.  All of 
this means that the U.S. emphasis on security often does not 
resonate with Brazilians. 
 
9.  Ambassador Sobel remarked on Brazil's critical, strategic role 
in biofuels and how Brazil's new oil discoveries have only added to 
the country's importance as a possible energy exporter.  This offers 
excellent possibilities for partnership with the U.S.  Governor 
Serra added that Sao Paulo State produces two-thirds of Brazil's 
ethanol. 
 
10.  (SBU) Governor Serra then asked about the presidential candidates' 
economic policies.  He recalled that nine years previously he had 
debated Democratic Representative Nancy Pelosi in Berkeley and that, 
at that time, he found her "very protectionist."  Hagel replied that 
Pelosi's position was "a minority view," and that, while some 
Democrats might use protectionist rhetoric, Obama had surrounded 
himself with pragmatic, pro-market economic advisors like Paul 
Volker and Robert Rubin.  Candidate McCain, Hagel noted, had always 
been a vigorous free trader.  Senator Hagel then concluded the 
meeting by inviting Governor Serra to Washington, DC.  Governor 
Serra expressed interest in receiving a copy of Senator Hagel's 
book. 
 
11.  This cable was coordinated/cleared by Senator Hagel's Staff and 
by Embassy Brasilia. 
 
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