This optimism gives us new opportunities. I believe that both countries recognize that we have commitments to the larger world. And in this regard I stress for my American friends the great contribution that Brazil is playing in peacekeeping activities of the United Nations, including for instance in Angola, where their contingent of troops is the largest in that peacekeeping operation. Our partnership is not an exclusive one that seeks to keep others out, but rather is one that will make each of us better able to welcome others into our cooperative endeavour. This will not be an easy task.
Hard work is required and time is of the essence.
The Free Trade Area of the Americas doesn't have to be created until 2005. Let's take it slow. We have opened so much. Let's step back and take a rest. I don't think we have the time.