CHINA AND BRAZIL CREATE JOINT SPACE LABORATORY, DESPITE US PRESSURE

China and Brazil have begun building a joint laboratory for space technologies, Chinese state-owned defence electronics firm CETC said, deepening scientific ties as the two countries push ahead with a major telescope project in South America.

The growing cooperation contrasts with recent U.S. pressure on Latin American countries to cut or minimize ties with China, including in space. Two Chinese telescope projects in Chile and Argentina have been frozen since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the White House, as leaders in the region seek to curry favour and avoid punishing tariff rates.

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