TRADE AND DIPLOMACY
Lula and Xi talk ‘self-reliance’
Presidents Xi Jinping of China and Lula of Brazil, when the latter visited Beijing in May 2025. Photo: Ricardo Stuckert/PR
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva continued his calls with fellow BRICS leaders to discuss a coordinated response to Washington’s new tariff policy. Brazil and India were hit with the US’s steepest rates: an additional 50% each.
After talks with Narendra Modi of India and Vladimir Putin of Russia last week, Lula spoke for nearly an hour with China’s Xi Jinping on Monday. They discussed the…
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