President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva leaves in the next few days for the city of Évian-les-Bains, in France, where he will participate for the 10th time, as a guest, in the G7 Summit, the forum that brings together seven of the largest economies on the planet. The group's full members are: Canada, United States (USA), United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany and Japan. The European Union (EU) also participates as an institutional member. Related news: Durigan defends taxation of the ultra-rich on the G7 agenda. G7 is willing to act to protect energy supply. The meeting takes place from June 15th to 17th. In addition to Brazil, the G7 summit invited leaders from other important countries, such as India, Kenya, South Korea and Egypt. Itamaraty confirmed that Lula will participate in three events. The first, on the 16th, is a leaders' session in which the Brazilian president will speak about international partnerships for development. The expectation is that Lula will cover the expansion of Official Development Assistance (AOD). The so-called AOD, which in English is Official Development Assistance (ODA), refers to financial transfers made by the most industrialized countries in the world to promote the well-being and economic development of countries in more vulnerable situations. "These ODA values ​​have fallen a lot in recent years and this is generating great concern, especially in developing countries", explained Ambassador Philip Fox-Drummond Gough, Secretary of Economic and Financial Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE), in an interview with journalists this Wednesday (10). Presided over by France this year, the G7 must agree on a joint declaration proposing ways to strengthen this international aid, which could include partnerships with private sectors. New governance On the 17th, in another session of leaders, Lula will address the topic of balanced economic growth, on which occasion he will speak with emphasis on the need to reform global governance, especially institutions such as the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United Nations (UN) itself. Last week, during a ministerial meeting, Lula had already anticipated his intention to attend the G7 with this objective. "I wasn't even going to the G7, now I'm going. Someone needs to try to put order in the house and stop this thing about dismantling multilateralism, democracy and devaluation of institutions. If the UN isn't working today, it's not by destroying the UN that we're going to fix the world, it's by rebuilding the UN", said the president to his ministers, reaffirming his defense of strengthening the United Nations and reforming its UN Security Council. Lula's demonstration occurred days after the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) suggested a 25% tax on part of Brazilian imports to the country. The USTR report is the result of an investigation launched a year ago by the US government of Donald Trump against alleged "unfair practices" by Brazil in trade with the USA. Among other topics, to justify the measure, the institution accuses Pix of "unfairly" harming American companies that provide electronic payment services, such as credit card operators, such as MasterCard and Visa, and WhatsApp Pay. Artificial Intelligence Still on the 17th, the Brazilian delegation will participate in a lunch whose central theme will be Artificial Intelligence (AI). "We are going to give a presentation on what we think about the subject, the opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence", noted Ambassador Philip Fox-Drummond Gough. The regulation of AI is on the agenda of the Brazilian National Congress. The Chamber of Deputies is expected to vote on a bill on the issue later this year. Coming from the Senate, the text establishes fundamental principles for the development and use of AI and defines that the technology must be transparent, safe, reliable, ethical, free from discriminatory bias, respecting human rights and democratic values. The project also requires that technological development, innovation, free enterprise and free competition be considered. In addition to listing AI systems considered high risk, the project prohibits the development of some types of AI technologies that cause harm to health, safety or other fundamental rights. G7 themes Although Brazil does not directly participate in the negotiations on the G7 texts, as it is not a full member, it will have to give its opinion on some issues. The French presidency of the G7 is working to achieve consensus on seven documents. The main thing is precisely about international partnerships for development, which involves helping the most vulnerable countries. The second text deals with balanced economic growth. The protection of children and adolescents in the digital environment is also on the G7 agenda, and Brazil will be able to speak about the experience of having approved legislation considered pioneering, the ECA Digital. Diplomats from G7 countries and guest nations also pored over texts that will address the fight against drug trafficking, the fight against cancer, combating migrant smuggling and critical minerals. In the latter case, Brazil is one of the interested parties because it has the second largest reserves of rare earths and critical minerals on the planet. "From Brazil's point of view, the most important thing is to have a development perspective on this issue of critical minerals, to add value at the extraction site", pointed out ambassador Philip Fox-Drummond Gough.