According to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wang made the pledge to Vieira in a phone call as Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s administration considers imposing retaliatory trade sanctions against the country in response to President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on a range of Brazilian goods.
Wang stated to Vieira during the phone call that the China-Brazil relationship is “at its best in history,” according to Wang, according to China’s state-run Global Times.
Wang also vowed that China would join forces with the BRICS trading bloc to defend “the legitimate rights and interests” of developing nations while noting that the current international situation “isundergoing complex changes.”
The emerging economies like Brazil and the BRICS are seen as opposing the Western-led APEC and G7 organizations in terms of their political and economic stances.
Beijing’s offer comes as a result of concerns that Brazil and China are considering working together to combative US trade sanctions.
Wang also recalled the phone call between Brazilian President Lula and Chinese President Xi Jinping two weeks ago, when the two leaders “forged solid mutual trust and friendship” to create a China-Brazil community “with a shared future.”
Lula visited China for a five-day state visit in May.
In recent years, Beijing has attempted to win over Latin America in order to oust Washington, which has historically been the region’s most powerful major power.
However, China has surpassed the US as Brazil’s largest trading partner, and a large portion of Latin American nations have also partnered with Xi to build the Belt and Road infrastructure.
As the world’s largest consumer of soya beans, Brazil relies heavily on imports for its supply because of its large-export volumes of the ingredient.
Since Trump imposed a 50% tariff on Brazilian coffee and other products, which went into effect on August 6, strained relations between the US and Brazil.
While Trump’s trade war primarily targeted nations that have a significant trade surplus with the US, Brazil imports from the US far outweigh its exports, and Washington had a $ 28.6 billion trade surplus with Brazil in 2024.
Trump’s economic hostility toward Brazil was used as retribution for the so-called domestic legal “witch-hunt” against Brazil’s ex-favorable president Jair Bolsonaro, who is accused of plotting a coup.
Trump has demanded that Bolsonaro’s accusations of being an ally be dropped, and he has also imposed sanctions on Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes for overseeing the case against the former leader.
Source: Aljazeera
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