BRASIL: Dilma And Hu Jintao Sign 13 Deals...With $1.5 Bn Usd For Embraer Planes Buy; Foxconn Eyes $12 Bn Usd Ipad Plant.

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     On her first state visit to China, President Dilma Rousseff  (pictured toasting with President Hu Jintao) signed 13 deals in defense, technology and sports...including the purchase of 35 Embraer 190 commercial jets for a $1.4 bn usd deal.
     With more than $56 bn usd in 2010, China is now Brasil's top trading partner.
     China also became Brasil's largest investor in 2010.

AND:     Rousseff also revealed that Taiwan-based Foxconn may invest as much as $12bn usd to build an electronics factory in Brasil.

   Foxconn currently produces goods in China for Hewlett Packard, Dell and Apple, including the popular  Ipad.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13058866

BRASIL: Embraer's Super Tucano Airplane, LatAm's Anti-drug Surveillance Choice.

LATIMES/    Latin American nations are interested in buying the retro propeller-driven Super Tucano made by Embraer for anti-drug and counterinsurgency efforts. The $10 million dollar two-seater Super Tucano's top speed is only about 350 mph but it has a 620-mile combat radius and can stay aloft for six hours, carry two heavy machine guns and 2 tons of guided bombs and rockets.