Brazil

Brasília, September 25, 2026. The Brazilian press first notes what the meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, on Thursday at the White House, does not change for the country: nothing has been decided on trade, Taiwan, rare earths, or artificial intelligence, but the tariff truce has been extended until January 10, 2027. G1 emphasizes that "for Brazil, two sectors concentrate a significant part of the possible effects: agro-industry, particularly soybeans, and mining," in the face of international research for suppliers of rare earths outside of China. The media also details the ongoing negotiation on a mutual withdrawal of customs tariffs on approximately $30 billion worth of non-sensitive products, as well as the taxes imposed on Chinese ships in American ports — points that weigh on the trade routes that Brasília depends on.

The protocol took up most of the day: a red carpet at Andrews Base, a troop review, a flyover by a B-2 bomber, and then a state dinner attended by American business leaders — Tim Cook, Jensen Huang, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Sam Altman, and Lisa Su, according to the Estadão. Trump assured that the two countries "have never understood each other better," despite "different systems," before offering Xi a sculpture of an eagle. Xi announced the sending of two pandas, Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, to the Atlanta zoo, presented as "emissaries of friendship" between the Chinese and Americans.

The Folha de S.Paulo emphasizes Taiwan as the true stake: Beijing would seek to indefinitely postpone the sale of $14 billion worth of American arms to the island, a file that Xi already qualified as potentially "extremely dangerous" in May. Trump promised to make artificial intelligence a "major topic of discussion," while wanting to maintain the rules "exactly as they are." For Brasília, the absence of a concrete announcement on these areas of technological and military rivalry prolongs the uncertainty that weighs on global supply chains — and therefore on Brazilian agricultural and mining markets. The New York Stock Exchange indeed opened lower on Thursday, the Estadão noted, in a climate of caution preceding the meeting.