UDC, China’s CPC align

Xi Jinping, China's president, during a news conference with Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's president, not pictured, at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. In roughly a dozen meetings with world leaders over a week in South America, Xi repeatedly sought to win assurances that nations would uphold the international free trade system as US President-elect Donald Trump threatens to put 60% tariffs on Chinese goods. Photographer: Ton Molina/Bloomberg via Getty Images