Source: Global Times
The 247 News Network of Brazil published an editorial on April 19, with the original title: "Brazil and China must form a strategic alliance when the neoliberal order collapses." The escalation of protectionism by the United States against other countries, along with chaotic tariffs and foreseeable retaliations, is not just another temporary crisis in global trade. It also presents Brazil with a historic opportunity to redefine its international standing. While the United States is mired in contradictions and self-destructive measures, China has become Brazil's most logical and advantageous partner.
Former Brazilian Foreign Minister and Chief Special Advisor to the President, Amorim, warned that the attack on trade multilateralism evokes memories of the 1930s, when America's tariff war accelerated the Great Depression and indirectly led to World War II. The current tariff policies of the U.S. government are not a rational economic measure but a desperate move, as this country now refuses to accept the rules it has imposed on the world for decades.
In this context, moving closer to China, a country sharing a common destiny, is not an ideological choice but a strategic necessity. China is Brazil's largest buyer of bulk commodities such as soybeans, iron ore, and oil, and also a partner for diversifying exports and technology transfers.
Unlike the United States, which only imposes conditions on the International Monetary Fund, China provides investment in ports, railways, and energy, which are crucial to Brazil's reindustrialization. Forming partnerships with China and other BRICS nations allows Brazil to shed the label of being in America's "backyard"—a situation that historically undermined national projects from Petrobras to the aviation industry.
China is leading the technological and energy revolution of the 21st century, taking the lead in strategic fields such as renewable energy, electric vehicles, and artificial intelligence. Deepening ties with China can place Brazil at the forefront of ecological transformation. Cooperation with giants like BYD can accelerate the green transformation of Brazil's automotive industry, while companies such as Huawei and ZTE offer 5G solutions and digital infrastructure at competitive costs, free from geopolitical restrictions imposed by Western companies.
The world is undergoing a historic shift. Now is the time for Brazil to deepen its partnership with China and make it the core of its foreign policy: fully utilizing its market of over 1.4 billion consumers and investments in strategic sectors. The choice is clear: Brazil can be a bystander as the old order collapses or become an architect of the new order. China paves the way for an industrialized, technologized, and truly sovereign Brazil. (Translated by Xiao Pan)
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