{"id":99712,"date":"2026-08-25T12:45:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T15:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/murray.adv.br\/?p=99712"},"modified":"2026-08-25T12:45:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T15:45:21","slug":"brazil-china-trade-triangulation-unlikely-despite-u-s-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/murray.adv.br\/en\/brazil-china-trade-triangulation-unlikely-despite-u-s-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil-China trade triangulation unlikely, despite U.S. criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content--header\">\n<div class=\"row content-head non-featured \">\n<div class=\"title\">\n<h6 class=\"content-head__title\" style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>White House lists Brazil among countries accused of facilitating illegal transshipment of Chinese goods but experts say country makes little sense as a hub for transshipping<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content__signa-share\">\n<div class=\"content__signature\">\n<div class=\"content-publication-data\">\n<div class=\"content-publication-data__text\">\n<div class=\"content-publication-data__from\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"content-publication-data__updated\"><time datetime=\"2026-08-25T08:07:55.431-03:00\">08\/25\/2026\u00a0<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"mc-article-body\" class=\"mc-article-body ready cropped\">\n<article>\n<div class=\"no-paywall\">\n<div class=\"row medium-uncollapsed content-media content-photo\" data-block-type=\"backstage-photo\" data-block-id=\"0\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-media__container\" data-image-display=\"normal\">\n<div class=\"content-media-container\" style=\"text-align: center\">\n<figure class=\"content-media__figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"content-media__image\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-valorinternational.glbimg.com\/9nPoUBa0Pt1-uBJL0hNqfPt_N14=\/984x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_63b422c2caee4269b8b34177e8876b93\/internal_photos\/bs\/2026\/k\/2\/HSdl3fQcWKbAulojAYfQ\/foto25bra-101-triang-a4.jpg\" alt=\"Caroline Freund \u2014 Foto: Divulga\u00e7\u00e3o\" width=\"428\" height=\"347\" \/><figcaption class=\"content-media__description\"><em>Caroline Freund \u2014 Photo: Divulga\u00e7\u00e3o<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column mc-side-item__container\" data-block-type=\"ads\" data-block-id=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"50\" data-block-id=\"2\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">The inclusion of\u00a0<strong>Brazil\u00a0<\/strong>on a list of countries that the United States accuses of helping\u00a0<strong>China<\/strong>\u00a0evade tariffs imposed by the\u00a0<strong>White House<\/strong>\u00a0on the Asian giant is another move with shaky grounds in an aggressive U.S. foreign policy toward Latin American governments in general and Bras\u00edlia in particular.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"38\" data-block-id=\"3\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">This month, the White House published a report on what it considers the growing challenge of\u00a0<strong>\u201cillegal transshipment,\u201d particularly of Chinese goods<\/strong>, through third countries. The document lists and classifies 40 countries accused of engaging in the practice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"28\" data-block-id=\"5\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Brazil was placed in Tier 2, or<strong>\u00a0\u201cScale Leaders,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0defined as countries with significant economic integration with China. The group also includes Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Turkey, and Vietnam.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"29\" data-block-id=\"6\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">According to the White House, these countries combine significant illegal transshipment volumes with deeper integration into China-linked supply chains, input sourcing, manufacturing platforms, logistics systems, or regional rerouting channels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"29\" data-block-id=\"7\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">\u201cThese countries possess sufficient industrial scale, port capacity, supplier infrastructure, manufacturing depth, or logistics capacity to move significant volumes of China-linked goods into U.S.-bound trade flows,\u201d the report says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"33\" data-block-id=\"8\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Brazil and Turkey, specifically, are described by the White House as larger regional production and logistics platforms capable of supporting rerouting or transformation operations in selected product categories. The report provides no examples.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"21\" data-block-id=\"9\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Brazil is also cited, along with Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Peru, as part of a \u201cLatin American corridor\u201d for illegal transshipment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"53\" data-block-id=\"10\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Experts say the triangulation of Chinese goods is not a new issue. With the U.S. tariff offensive against China, they say, it is possible that Chinese companies are seeking other countries to access the U.S. market at lower cost. But the argument makes more sense for neighboring Vietnam, for example, than for Brazil.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"29\" data-block-id=\"11\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Brazil, they point out, is the second-most heavily tariffed country by the U.S., behind China itself and tied with Turkey, making it far from an ideal location for transshipment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"45\" data-block-id=\"12\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">A\u00a0<strong>Valor\u00a0<\/strong>analysis comparing products that Brazil imports from China with those it sells to the U.S. shows that the \u201ccommon trade\u201d among the three countries accounts for a relatively small share of Brazil\u2019s exports to the U.S., representing less than 6% of the total.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"42\" data-block-id=\"13\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">The White House report cites a series of studies estimating the cost of transshipment to the U.S. Treasury. One study, by the\u00a0<strong>White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)<\/strong>, estimates potential illegal transshipment in 2025 at between $34.2 billion and $89.6 billion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"44\" data-block-id=\"15\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">The CEA calculation uses a methodology developed by\u00a0<strong>Caroline Freund, director of the University of California San Diego\u2019s School of Global Policy and Strategy<\/strong>\u00a0and an international trade specialist, in a study titled \u201cThe China Wash: Tracking Products to Identify Tariff Evasion Through Transshipment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"51\" data-block-id=\"16\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Freund\u2019s research, however, does not cite Brazil. She told\u00a0<strong>Valor\u00a0<\/strong>that the country makes\u00a0<strong>little sense as a hub for transshipping<\/strong>\u00a0Chinese goods to the U.S. for three reasons. One is that U.S. tariffs on goods manufactured in Brazil are high, while Brazil\u2019s own import tariffs also tend to be high.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"43\" data-block-id=\"17\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">\u201cIt would be difficult to gain a tariff advantage through transshipment via Brazil. In other words, the purpose of transshipment is precisely to avoid tariffs, but Brazil\u2019s high import tariffs, combined with high U.S. tariffs on Brazilian products, make that impossible,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"37\" data-block-id=\"18\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">The second reason is that Brazil is not a convenient option from a transportation and logistics standpoint. \u201cA route that went through China and Brazil would be costly, as Brazil is not on the way,\u201d Freund said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"13\" data-block-id=\"19\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Finally, she notes that Brazil is not a major exporter of manufactured goods.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"42\" data-block-id=\"20\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">\u201cIn line with that, U.S. imports from Brazil declined between 2024 and 2025,\u201d Freund said. On the Brazilian side, exports to the U.S. fell nearly 7% year over year, according to data from Brazil\u2019s Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade, and Services (MDIC).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"32\" data-block-id=\"21\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">However, analysts unanimously agree that President Donald Trump\u2019s tariff policy\u2014motivated, at least in part, by U.S. irritation over China\u2019s presence and trade partnerships in Latin America\u2014is in fact pushing Brazil toward Asia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"60\" data-block-id=\"22\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">\u201cBrazilian banks and officials will do what is needed to preserve the country\u2019s access to the U.S. financial system. But the current trajectory raises the odds that, over time, more Brazilian firms will prefer a counterparty with nothing at stake in that system\u2014a Chinese supplier, bank, or financier,\u201d\u00a0<strong>James Story and Ricardo Z\u00faniga\u00a0<\/strong>wrote for the\u00a0<strong>Atlantic<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Council\u00a0<\/strong>think tank.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"23\" data-block-id=\"24\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">They are referring not only to the U.S. tariff campaign against Brazil but also to the U.S. approach to security in Latin America.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"51\" data-block-id=\"25\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Also this month,\u00a0<strong>U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth\u00a0<\/strong>said the U.S. military is preparing to conduct operations in the territory of allied countries to combat drug-trafficking organizations in Latin America. According to him, groups designated as terrorist organizations, together with partner governments, will be legitimate targets of the United States government.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"72\" data-block-id=\"26\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">The statement sparked uncertainty in the Brazilian press, as the U.S. government has officially designated the Brazilian criminal groups Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) and Comando Vermelho (CV) as terrorist organizations, but the designation has not been recognized by the Brazilian government, nor has any bilateral cooperation agreement been signed to combat the groups. The Defense Department did not respond to requests for clarification about Hegseth\u2019s remarks and their implications for Brazil.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"41\" data-block-id=\"27\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">\u201cCoercion is rarely successful with Brazil. Each measure meant to remedy a problem the [U.S.] administration has identified in Brazil instead reinforces the perception that the safer long-term bet is to lean less on the United States,\u201d Story and Z\u00faniga wrote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"61\" data-block-id=\"28\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Story was a U.S. Foreign Service officer in Brazil, while Z\u00faniga served as U.S. consul general in S\u00e3o Paulo and as principal deputy assistant secretary in the State Department\u2019s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs. That branch of the U.S. State Department, which covers Latin America, has just received a new leader with the appointment of Republican billionaire businessman Juan Pablo Segura.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"55\" data-block-id=\"29\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Some analysts believe that appointing a permanent head to a senior position that had remained under an acting official since 2025 could help improve communication between public- and private-sector players in Brazil and the U.S. But Segura has also previously made strong public criticisms of Brazil, particularly of\u00a0<strong>Federal Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"23\" data-block-id=\"31\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">\u201cBeijing brings its own hazards and opacity, yet Washington is increasingly seen as the more erratic and unreliable partner,\u201d Story and Z\u00faniga wrote.<\/p>\n<p data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">*By\u00a0Ana\u00efs Fernandes\u00a0and\u00a0\u00c1lvaro Fagundes\u00a0\u2014 Washington and S\u00e3o Paulo<\/p>\n<p data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Source: Valor International<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/valorinternational.globo.com\/<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House lists Brazil among countries accused of facilitating illegal transshipment of Chinese goods but experts say country makes little sense as a hub for transshipping &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 08\/25\/2026\u00a0 Caroline Freund \u2014 Photo: Divulga\u00e7\u00e3o The inclusion of\u00a0Brazil\u00a0on a list of countries that the United States accuses of helping\u00a0China\u00a0evade tariffs imposed by the\u00a0White House\u00a0on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8106],"tags":[27107,27108],"class_list":["post-99712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-murray-news","tag-brazil-china-trade-triangulation-unlikely","tag-despite-u-s-criticism"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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