Brazil spent months flying under the radar as Donald Trump upended global trade. Now that it’s in the spotlight, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva may stand to benefit from the attention. Hours after the US president threatened to hit Brazil with 50% tariffs, the leader known universally as Lula announced that, rather than rush…
China is set to showcase its artificial intelligence (AI) prowess, as well as its vision of how to manage the disruptive technology, at a conference in Shanghai as the country is stepping up its competition against the US for AI supremacy. The annual three-day World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), which starts on July 26, would…
US President Donald Trump speaks during a multilateral lunch with visiting African Leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 9, 2025. Jim Watson | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump said Wednesday the U.S. will slap a 50% tariff on Brazil‘s imports, partly in retaliation for…
China and Brazil have signed a memorandum of understanding to conduct a feasibility study for a transcontinental railway that would connect Peru’s Pacific coast with Brazil’s Atlantic coast. The project, aimed at creating a strategic export route, was announced by Brazil’s Ministry of Transport on Tuesday, News.Az reports, citing Global Times. Chinese experts have hailed…
Brazil and China agreed on Monday to study the feasibility of a transcontinental railway that could reshape South America’s trade routes by connecting Brazil’s Atlantic Ocean coast to Peru’s Pacific Ocean port of Chancay. The memorandum of understanding was signed between Infra S.A., the Brazilian state-owned company linked to the Ministry of Transport, and the…
Brazilian President Lula responded to Trump’s tariff threats by saying the world does not ‘want an emperor’ who lashes out over the internet. United States President Donald Trump has threatened to hike tariffs against the BRICS economic bloc after the group offered indirect criticism of trade wars and the recent military attacks in Iran. On Monday,…
The 17th Brics summit has begun in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro and leaders, including Prime Minister Modi and South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa are in attendance. However, for the first time since taking power in 2012, Chinese President Xi Jinping is skipping the meet. His absence has now given rise to rumours that a political transition…
Chinese Premier Li Qiang has lauded his country’s growing ties with Brazil as at their “best in history”, as both nations brace for a battle with the US over trade and the global order. Meeting Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for talks on Saturday ahead of the Brics summit in Rio de Janeiro,…
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin skipped the 17th BRICS Summit in Brazil’s Rio De Janeiro on Sunday, July 6. While Xi Jinping sent China PM Li Qiang to attend the Summit; Vladimir Putin is attending online due to an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court. As an ICC member,…
Leaders expected to decry US President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs while presenting the bloc as a defender of multilateralism. Leaders of the growing BRICS group are gathering in Brazil for a summit overshadowed by United States President Donald Trump’s new tariff policies while presenting the bloc as a defender of multilateralism. The leaders, mainly from…