{"id":14947,"date":"2026-01-23T08:53:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T08:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=14947"},"modified":"2026-01-23T08:53:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T08:53:30","slug":"xi-lula-vow-unity-in-phone-call-as-trump-reshapes-world-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=14947","title":{"rendered":"Xi, Lula vow unity in phone call as Trump reshapes world order"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"textFreeArticle\">\n<p>Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vowed to deepen bilateral ties during a phone call, projecting unity as President Donald Trump raises concern about major changes to the world order.<\/p>\n<p>Xi framed China and Brazil as stabilising forces in a turbulent global environment, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Friday. He urged both nations to \u201cstand on the right side of history\u201d and defend Global South interests while safeguarding the United Nations\u2019 central role.<\/p>\n<p>The call comes as Trump\u2019s \u201cAmerica First\u201d approach reshapes global geopolitics. At the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, he derided European allies and pressured Denmark to cede control of Greenland, moderating his tariff threats only after a \u201cframework of a future deal\u201d about the island was reached.<\/p>\n<div class=\"visible-sm-block visible-xs-block m1010\">\n<div class=\"ad-container-wrapper\">\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Xi\u2019s remarks echo China\u2019s efforts to present the country as a stable alternative to the US, a message that is gaining traction among countries seeking to hedge against US volatility.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing views Brazil as a critical partner amid US efforts to push back Chinese influence in Latin America, including Trump\u2019s surprise military raid to capture Venezuela\u2019s former President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro. China has signaled it will defend its regional economic interests.<\/p>\n<p>Lula has worked to stabilize relations with Washington but remains heavily reliant on Chinese demand. China is Brazil\u2019s largest trade partner, and its appetite for commodities has helped drive record Latin American exports last year.<\/p>\n<p>Xi said that China\u2019s continued opening-up will create fresh opportunities for Brazil, positioning their partnership as a model for Global South cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>The Xi-Lula call was the first high-level contact between the two nations since China placed quotas on beef imports in an attempt to protect its domestic producers, dealing a blow to Brazil and other major meat suppliers.<\/p>\n<p>While the Chinese official readout avoided direct mention of the dispute, Lula described the two nations as \u201cimportant forces for free trade\u201d amid a \u201cworrying\u201d international landscape, Xinhua said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2026 Bloomberg<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Moneyweb\u2019s in-depth finance and business news on WhatsApp here.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\">\n            !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n            {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n                n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n                if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n                n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n                t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n                'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n            fbq('init', '779812924991616');\n            fbq('track', 'PageView');\n        <\/script>#Lula #vow #unity #phone #call #Trump #reshapes #world #order<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese President Xi Jinping a&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[124,10117,3698,2444,10118,599,9814,8581,51],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14947"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}