
China’s President Xi Jinping met Uruguay’s President Yamandú Orsi in Beijing on Tuesday, a visit framed by both sides as a bid to deepen political alignment and broaden economic ties at a moment of heightened geopolitical competition.
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Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi has departed for China at the head of a roughly 150-strong delegation, framing the trip as a bid to “increase commercial and economic development” with Uruguay’s top trading partner. Before leaving, Orsi formally handed executive authority to Vice President Carolina Cosse, while the mission’s schedule in Beijing and Shanghai blends top-level political meetings with trade promotion and academic cooperation.

The presence of the Chinese fishing fleet off the Pacific coast of South America has evolved to a permanent event, its structural operation dramatically reshaping geopolitical and environmental balances in Chile.

A high-level delegation from the People's Republic of China visited the Uruguayan National Army's Cyber Defense Unit last week, marking a significant step in strengthening bilateral ties and technical cooperation in defense matters.

Scientific and educational institutions from China and Uruguay have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a groundbreaking Joint Pasture Agriculture Laboratory, aiming to strengthen scientific and technological cooperation in agricultural innovation under China's Belt and Road Initiative.

China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) approved the partnership between Chile's state-owned copper company Codelco and private miner SQM to develop lithium resources in the Salar de Atacama, prompting Chile's Mining Minister Aurora Williams to hail the decision as “good news.”

Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi held a meeting with a high-level Chinese delegation, led by Deputy Prime Minister Ding Xuexiang, at the Suárez residence this week to discuss international politics and global trade, resulting in the signing of several economic, technical, and commercial cooperation agreements.

US President Donald Trump described his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Busan as “historic,” calling it a “G2” summit — a term that suggests shared global leadership between Washington and Beijing.

The White House announced Saturday that the United States and China had reached a new trade agreement aimed at easing tensions between the two economic powers.

US President Donald Trump announced a reduction in tariffs on Chinese goods following Wednesday's meeting in South Korea with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping.