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Brazil’s Lula Says He Doesn’t Want to Choose Between China and US in Trade Fight

Gabriel Boric, Chile’s president, right, and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s presidentPhotographer: Cristobal Olivares/Bloomberg

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By Simone Iglesias and Raphael Almeida

April 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM EDT

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Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has no desire to choose between the US and China as an escalating trade fight between the planet’s two largest economies pushes nations like his own to pick a side.