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Brazil is not a real middle power if it just takes China's side
Lula cannot show strategic autonomy by parroting Xi Jinping
- Publishing date
- 19 April 2023
- Authors
- Alicia García-Herrero
- Publication name
- Nikkei Asia
- Publication date
- 19 April 2023
- Theme
- Global economy and trade
- Keyword
- emerging economies
- Language
- English
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