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Brazil's Lula criticizes Trump tariffs during a meeting with Putin

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who met with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday in Moscow, criticized the U.S. president Donald Trump's policies regarding trade and tariffs. He said that they were harmful to multilateralism.

Lula is visiting Russia to celebrate the 80th anniversary since the Soviet Union defeated Nazi Germany during World War Two. Russia celebrated this milestone on Friday.

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Also in attendance was Chinese President Xi Jinping.

"The recent decisions of the U.S. President to unilaterally impose tariffs on all trade with countries around the world undermines the great idea? "Free trade and strengthening multilateralism" was Lula's message during a bilateral discussion with Putin.

Leftist leader says he wants to boost Brazil's strategic relationship with Russia. He cites "political and commercial interests, as well as cultural, scientific, and technological ones" in order to increase trade.

Lula also mentioned that he would be interested in working with Russia to build small nuclear power plants.

Brazil and Russia were both founding members of BRICS, a group of emerging economies that includes India, China and South Africa, as well as the newest additions, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Iran are also part of this group. (Reporting and writing by Isabel Teles, with additional reporting by Lisandra paraguassu. Editing by Mark Heinrich.

(source: Reuters)