Margaret Myers, director of the Asia & Latin America Program at the Inter-American Dialogue: “This visit was something of a homecoming for Lula, who has been embraced by Chinese leaders since his first presidency. It was viewed by both governments as a long-awaited opportunity to advance agreements in a number of areas, including technology, trade facilitation, agriculture and even media cooperation, wherein Brazilian and Chinese news services will swap a number of photos and stories per month. The two countries also agreed to renew their space cooperation—a prominent feature of their bilateral relationship for many years—through the joint development of a seventh satellite. In political terms, the discussions were strikingly reminiscent of Lula’s interests during his first presidency. As they have in the past, Lula and China’s leadership upheld their bilateral partnership and the BRICS grouping as advancing the interests of the Global South. The decision to…”