Viera says the goal is to increase investments and trade with Malaysia to US$6 billion per year.

By Isadora Duarte and Júlia Pestana São Paulo, 27/10/2025 - The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Vieira, stated a short while ago in Kuala Lumpur that Brazil intends to expand bilateral investments and trade with Malaysia to around US$ 6 billion per year, consolidating the country as a strategic partner in Southeast Asia. According to the foreign minister, economic relations between the two countries have been intensifying, with advances in the energy, semiconductors, and agribusiness sectors. "There is a huge potential for technological complementarity between the Malaysian industrial base and the Brazilian research and innovation network," he said. Vieira highlighted that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's (PT) visit to Malaysia included the signing of a cooperation agreement in the semiconductor industry, a sector considered central to the bilateral relationship. Malaysia is the world's sixth-largest exporter of semiconductors, and the Brazilian government sees the country ...