BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday that the country’s minimum wage must rise in line with its economic growth, after the government approved a 7.43% year-on-year increase in monthly wages to 1,302 reais ($253.59).“We have already proven that it is possible to raise the minimum wage above inflation,” Lula said after a meeting with unionists, seemingly opening the door for more potential increases.At the event, Lula added that he was set to travel to the United States to meet President Joe Biden on Feb. 10, while also planning a trip to China in March.Biden had invited Lula to visit Washington next month when the leaders of the two largest democracies in the Western Hemisphere had a phone call to discuss the Jan. 8 invasion of government buildings in Brasilia.($1 = 5.1343 reais)(Reporting by Lisandra Paraguassu; Editing by Steven Grattan and Isabel Woodford)Disclaimer: This report is auto generated from the Reuters news service."