The U.S. and Brazilian governments said they will expand biofuels cooperation to move forward several of their shared energy goals. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer and Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said their expanded collaboration in biofuels would advance shared objectives of energy security, sustainable development and environmental protection, the U.S. State Department said in a release. The two were attending the International Biofuels Conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil."This cooperation is the result of the reciprocal scientific exchanges and high-level visits that have occurred over the last year under the aegis of U.S.-Brazil biofuels cooperation," the State Department said.
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http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2008/nov/112120.htm