(13 May 2025)
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Beijing – 13 May 2025
1. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva walking onto stage
2. Wide of the fourth ministerial meeting of China-CELAC Forum
3. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil
“But crisis situations show that prosperity in the long term demands balanced exchange and diversified economies. We always had distortions in international trade, especially in the exchange of agricultural goods, which their treatment never advanced in a very satisfactory way at the WTO. The imposition of arbitrary tariffs only aggravates the situation.”
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4. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil:
“To build a shared future, it’s necessary to reduce the asymmetries between countries. It is indispensable that cooperation between CELAC and China contributes to strengthening the manufacturing industry and innovation in the region.”
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5. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil:
“The solution for the crisis of multilateralism is not to abandon multilateralism, but to improve the multilateral system.”
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6. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil
“Our region does not want to be the stage of hegemonic disputes. For more than a decade, CELAC has declared the Latin American and Caribbean region as a peace zone. We do not want to repeat history and try to forge a new world Cold War. Our vocation is to be the axis of a multipolar order where the Global South is duly represented.”
7. Lula walking down stage, hugging’ China’s President Xi Jinping, Chile’s President Gabriel Boric and Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro
STORYLINE:
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva warned that imposing arbitrary tariffs would “aggravate” inequities in global trade during his address at the China–CELAC Forum in Beijing on Tuesday.
Speaking to leaders from Latin American and Caribbean countries at the opening ceremony of the ministerial meeting of the forum, Lula emphasized the need to tackle long-standing distortions in international trade, particularly in agriculture, which have disadvantaged developing economies.
“The imposition of arbitrary tariffs only aggravates the situation,” he noted, adding that “The solution for the crisis of multilateralism is not to abandon multilateralism, but to improve the multilateral system.”
In his speech, Lula praised China as Latin America’s second-largest trade partner and a major investor, highlighting China’s support during the COVID-19 pandemic and in financing infrastructure such as ports, highways, and transmission lines in the region.
“To build a shared future, it’s necessary to reduce the asymmetries between countries. It is indispensable that cooperation between CELAC and China will contribute to strengthening the manufacturing industry and innovation in the region,” he said.
He rejected hegemonic conflicts and a return to Cold War dynamics, reaffirming CELAC’s commitment to peace and calling for a multipolar global order led by the Global South.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, Colombian President Gustavo Petro and Chilean President Gabriel Boric also spoke at the event.
Lula is on a five-day state visit to China starting from Saturday.
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