Brazil believes it can withstand Trump’s 50 percent tariff, and aides to Lula say he is unlikely to shrink from a confrontation with the White House.

Authorities from Brazil and China signed this week an agreement to start the studies for the construction of a railway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, which would bring South America's largest country closer to the Asian giant trade-wise.

Proposal would connect Brazil’s Atlantic Ocean coast to Peru’s Pacific port of Chancay, cutting shipping times to Asia by up to 12 days.

China and Brazil signed a memorandum of understanding to study a transcontinental railroad connecting Peru's Pacific coast with Brazil's Atlantic coast, as part of a strategic export route, Brazil's Ministry of Transport said on Tuesday.

China’s new travel policy took effect, granting citizens from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay visa-free entry for up to thirty days. Chinese state-backed firms are negotiating

China's BYD is poised to start assembling electric vehicles at a new factory in Brazil as early as this month, a top executive said, reducing imports as tariffs start to rise in its largest foreign market.

President Trump is pushing through with his tariff agenda, unveiling a new batch of letters to country leaders outlining tariffs on goods imported from their countries beginning in August and a warning to BRICS nations.

Comac has delivered fewer than 200 planes, but has huge ambitions to take on the duopoly that has dominated global aviation for decades.