Brazil's Lula meets Xi in Beijing after lashing out at US dollar, IMF

Beijing (AFP) April 14, 2023

Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is set to forge closer ties with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting in Beijing on Friday, a day after he lashed out at the power of the US dollar and the IMF. The veteran leftist, whose government recently announced a deal with Beijing to trade in their own currencies - ditching the dollar as an intermediary - is in China to boost ties