As Sao Paulo goes into coronavirus lockdown, China offers to help Brazil
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO - Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro laid to rest a diplomatic spat with China in a call with President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, with the two agreeing to work together to fight coronavirus as Brazil’s largest city went into lockdown.
The reconciliation comes as economic prospects worsen for Brazil, Latin America’s largest economy, amid the pandemic as a survey on Tuesday showed that consumer confidence fell to a three-year low in March. During morning rush hour the streets of São Paulo, usually gridlocked with some of the worst traffic on the continent, were quiet. The offices and shopping centers of the city’s financial artery Faria Lima were closed.
The president said on Twitter that his call with Xi that morning included a discussion of how to grow the two countries’ trade relationship. China is Brazil’s largest trading partner and the top buyer of Brazilian soy, beef and other raw commodities.
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