Lula’s China Trip Channels Xi’s Trade Defiance
Chinese President Xi Jinping greets Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva after delivering his opening speech at the opening ceremony of the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the Forum of China and Community of Latin American and Caribbean States in Beijing, on May 13.
Photographer: Andy Wong/AP
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No matter how much he insists he doesn’t want to, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sure looks like he’s picked a side in the standoff between Brazil’s two largest commercial partners.