Trump and Lula Think Differently. Will They Find Common Ground?
The two leaders have diverging views on the future of BRICS and climate change. What can bridge the gap?
SÃO PAULO—Though their ideologies are a world apart, U.S. President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will now be forced to interact, as the respective leaders of the two largest economies in the Western Hemisphere. And even though Trump and Lula have very different stances on geopolitics and much else, pragmatism could push both to find ways to make the bilateral relationship at least functional, though likely with significant tensions and limitations. Undoubtedly, the global ambitions of the expanding BRICS bloc of countries, China's growing influence in...
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