	talks fail to end brazilian seamen s strike pay talks aimed at ending a week old national seamen s strike collapsed today and the strike will continue a union official said the walkout by brazil s seamen has idled s in various ports jorge luis leao franco a senior official of the national merchant marine union told reuters the strikers who are seeking a pct pay increase have rejected offers of a pct raise from the state oil company petrobras and an pct increase from the national union of maritime navigation companies syndarma leao franco said eight hours of talks in rio de janeiro with labor minister almir pazzianotto ended today without resolving the dispute he said six s were idle abroad in the netherlands spain venezuela france and south africa economic analysts said the strike was of major concern to the government which has suspended interest payments on part of brazil s foreign debt following a drastic deterioration in the country s trade balance the head of the national merchant marine authority murilo rubens habbema was quoted today as saying that if the strike continued foreign s could be authorized to transport brazilian exports brazil is living through a crisis at the moment and it is not conceivable that exports be hit he told the gazeta mercantil newspaper reuter 
