Chinese dictator Xi Jinping pledged Beijing’s support for Brazil in resisting U.S. trade pressure during a phone call Monday with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The discussion came as Brazil’s relationship with Washington deteriorates over President Donald Trump’s push for a new trade deal tied to human rights demands.
China has pledged full support to Brazil in resisting President Donald Trump’s escalating tariff policy, calling it a threat to global trade stability and a violation of international law. In a Wednesday phone call, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi offered to deepen strategic cooperation with Brazil against what he called the “external uncertainties” created by the United States.
Brazil’s socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Tuesday he will not negotiate with President Donald Trump on the 50-percent tariff the U.S. recently imposed on Brazilian exports. Instead, Lula said he plans to contact Chinese communist leader Xi Jinping and other BRICS allies while inviting Trump to a climate summit.
President Trump officially declared Brazil a national security threat this week, imposing harsh economic and human rights sanctions on the country and targeting one of its top judicial figures.
China and Brazil signed a memorandum of understanding this week to study the creation of a transcontinental railroad from Brazil’s Atlantic coast to Peru’s Pacific coast. Chinese state media heralded the plan as a strategic alternative to the Panama Canal and a step toward tightening Beijing’s grip on Latin American infrastructure.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva condemned President Donald Trump's tariff threat, comparing him to an "emperor" dictating global trade efforts.
President Donald Trump issued a bold statement Monday defending former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, blasting Brazil’s judiciary for what he called a political “witch hunt” and warning that the people of Brazil “will not stand” for it.
