Lula thanks China for beef win and tells US after tariffs: ‘I will sell to someone else’

IP Igor PatrickSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-06-03 · 17:52 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva expressed gratitude to China for approving Brazil's beef after it was declared free of foot-and-mouth disease. This development occurred shortly after the United States announced new tariffs on Brazilian goods. In response to the US tariffs, President Lula stated, "I will sell to someone else," indicating a shift in trade strategy. He linked China's decision to grant wider access for Brazilian beef to the Chinese market with the US action, suggesting a compensatory trade relationship. The remarks were made on Tuesday.

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Brazil is nationally free of foot-and-mouth disease.

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China announced wider access for Brazilian beef to its market.

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Lula stated he would sell to someone else after new US tariffs on Brazilian goods.

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Lula thanked China for clearing Brazil's beef of foot-and-mouth disease.

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva thanked China for clearing the country’s beef of foot-and-mouth disease and fired a barb at US President Donald Trump, saying “I will sell to someone else”, after Washington announced new tariffs on Brazilian goods.Lula made the remarks on Tuesday, hours after Beijing announced wider access for Brazilian beef to the world’s biggest market for the product.“As God writes straight with crooked lines, nothing comes free for a Christian man like me. What happened to counter Trump’s measure? China accepted that Brazil is nationally free of foot-and-mouth disease,” Lula said.

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