President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s long-awaited go to to China final week was some of the vital moments of his presidency to this point, for each financial and geopolitical causes.
From Brazil’s perspective, it mirrored Lula’s insistence on doubling down on independence in international affairs. Responding to considerations that he is perhaps tilting his nation decidedly towards Beijing and away from Washington, Lula insisted that there was no purpose for his journey to China to trigger friction with the U.S.
“Once I speak to the U.S.,” he informed the press on his final day in China, “I don’t fear about…
