Foreign media: The Brazilian presidential candidates' televised debate focused on Chinese investment and U.S. tariffs, with three attending candidates—Ronal Kayado, Augusto Kury, and Renan Santos—clashing over Brazil's positioning between the U.S. and China; Santos criticized the Lula administration's trade model of "buying finished goods from China and selling minerals and grains."
The incumbent president Lula, who leads in polls, and Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, both skipped the debate. The latter became the heir to the family's political legacy after his father was sentenced to 27 years in prison. Lula stated he did not want to "listen to nonsense." The debate context includes U.S. tariff increases on Brazil, visa disputes, and the Lula government's accelerated alignment with China.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1874417371554816/
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