South American bloc looks to Asia, Europe in face of Trump trade war

South American bloc looks to Asia, Europe in face of Trump trade war Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Argentina’s President Javier Milei pose for a photo at a Mercosur summit in Buenos Aires (Luis ROBAYO) (Luis ROBAYO/AFP/AFP) South America’s Mercosur bloc sought Thursday to expand its markets in the face of US President Donald Trump’s global trade war, with Brazil calling for closer ties with dynamic Asian economies. “It’s time for Mercosur to look toward Asia,” President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said, extolling the potential benefits of deeper relations with Japan, China, South Korea, India, Vietnam…