Presidents of China and Brazil hail ‘new part’ in relations between two international locations, that are main buying and selling companions.
Chinese language President Xi Jinping and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have inked dozens of commerce and growth offers, because the pair held talks in Brazil’s capital geared toward deepening ties between the 2 international locations.
The leaders on Wednesday showcased their rising bilateral relationship by signing almost 40 agreements on commerce, expertise and environmental safety.
“That is one other historic second within the growth of China-Brazil relations,” stated Xi, including that China was able to make the international locations “golden companions”.
For his half, Lula stated he was “assured” that the partnership “will exceed all expectations and pave the way in which for a brand new part of bilateral relations”.
Xi’s go to to Brasilia comes after his attendance earlier this week at a Group of 20 (G20) summit in Rio de Janeiro in addition to an Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation (APEC) summit final week in Lima, Peru.
Recebendo o presidente da China, Xi Jinping, no Palácio da Alvorada. 🇧🇷🇨🇳
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— Lula (@LulaOficial) November 20, 2024
The Chinese language chief figured prominently at each conferences, in distinction with outgoing United States President Joe Biden, who’s within the ultimate weeks of his time in workplace forward of the January inauguration of incoming US President Donald Trump.
China has been an more and more vital commerce associate and investor in Latin America in recent times, whereas many observers count on the US authorities underneath Trump to erect further commerce and migration limitations that can have an effect on the area.
A bunch portrait on the primary day of the G20 summit highlighted the second, with Xi entrance and centre subsequent to the presidents of Brazil, India and South Africa – China’s companions within the BRICS group of main growing nations.
Biden missed that photograph op for “logistical causes”, the White Home stated.
Lula, who took workplace in early 2023 after the tumultuous tenure of his far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, has been looking for to reset Brazil’s relationships with its international allies.
Consultants have stated the Brazilian chief is also making an attempt to “carve out … a particular position” for Brazil in world geopolitics by sustaining ties with Washington whereas additionally constructing relationships with the US’s rivals, together with China and Russia.
On Wednesday, Lula welcomed Xi with full honours, greeting him on the pink carpet as horse-mounted guards rode previous, a army brass band performed their two international locations’ nationwide anthems, and features of kids waved Chinese language and Brazilian flags.
China is Brazil’s largest buying and selling associate total, with two-way commerce exceeding $160bn final 12 months.
The South American nation sends primarily soybeans and different main commodities to China, which in flip sells Brazil semiconductors, telephones, autos and medicines.
