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China seeks stronger ties with Brazil to resist ‘bullying’ on world stage

Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, left, welcomes Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during a BRICS foreign ministers meeting at the Itamaraty Palace in Rio de Janeiro in April 2025 [File: Andre Coelho/EPA]

China is willing to strengthen coordination with Brazil to “resist unilateralism and bullying”, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has told his Brazilian counterpart Mauro Vieira.

Wang made the pledge to Vieira in a phone call, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday, as the government of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva considers retaliatory trade measures against the United States over President Donald Trump’s imposition of 50 percent tariffs on a range of Brazilian goods.

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