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China courts Lat Am leaders

May 13, 2025
Willis Sparks
​Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva after a signing ceremony and a joint press conference, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, May 13, 2025.
Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva after a signing ceremony and a joint press conference, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, May 13, 2025.
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Just one day after the US and China eased their tariff war, President Xi Jinping made a play for greater influence in Washington’s own neighborhood.

Addressing asummit of Latin American leaders in Beijing, Xi pledged to deepen economic and security ties in Latin America. Taking a veiled swipe at US “bullying and hegemony”, he said he’d back Panama against US efforts to establish greater control over the Panama Canal.

As the increasingly zero-sum competition between Beijing and Washington heats up, China — which has long been Latin America’s largest trade partner — seems perfectly ready to challenge Trump close to home.

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