BRICS Summit Exposes Global Divisions as Lula Attacks NATO Defense Spending
At the Rio BRICS summit, Brazil’s Lula slammed NATO defense hikes while key leaders like China and Russia stayed away, revealing fractures within this emerging global bloc amid U.S. trade battles and Middle East conflicts.
In a revealing display of international discord, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva publicly criticized the rising defense expenditures of NATO countries during the recent BRICS leaders’ summit in Rio de Janeiro. This event—the first gathering since the group expanded to eleven members—unveiled deep divisions among emerging powers amid escalating global tensions. The summit convened under the shadow of United States President Donald Trump's aggressive trade policies, which have already sparked a costly commercial war with tariffs threatening to disrupt global markets. Trump’s administration is further escalating pressure by threatening massive additional tariffs on emerging economies that challenge the...
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