Global trade realignment amid US tariff tensions

Multiple countries are accelerating or reviving trade negotiations with China and regional partners in response to new US tariff policies. Brazil and Mercosur are fast-tracking a China trade deal, South Korea is modernizing agreements with Chile and pursuing Mercosur negotiations, and China is expanding economic cooperation with Slovakia amid EU trade friction.

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