Brazilian President Luiz Lula Da Silva on Wednesday on Wednesday, on Wednesday, undertook to solve import tariffs deposited by Donald Trump with reciprocity under the Act on Economic Reciprocity of the country.
President Lula’s public statement on X comes after Trump imposed a 50 % tariff on Brazilian imports on the subway with a Brazilian counterpart and accused the country of starting “Witch” against former President Jair Bolsonar.
“Any unilateral increase in tariff will be solved in accordance with the Brazilian Act on Economic Reciprocit,” Lula said in her post X.
The Brazilian President said he had not claimed Trump’s claim that there was no business deficit with the US.
“The statement concerning the US business deficit in a commercial relationship with Brazil is inaccurate. The statistics of the US government themselves have shown a surplus of $ 410 billion in the goods and services with Brazil over the past 15 years.”
Lula responded to Bolsonaro to Trump’s “Witch Hunting” and stated that court proceedings against those responsible for coup planning, exclusively under the jurisdiction of the Brazilian court authority and “are not subject to any intervention or threats that could endanger the independence of national institutions.”
“Brazil is a sovereign nation with independent institutions and will not accept any form of leadership,” he wrote in a lengthy statement.
Brazil summons Top US Diplomat
The tensions between the United States and Brazil have already intensified on Wednesday after the Brazilian Foreign Ministry convened the US Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Gabriel Escobar for the statement prevented by Bolsonaro, according to Reuters.
The US Embassy in Brasilia confirmed on Wednesday that his Chargé d’Affaires met officials from the Brazilian Foreign Ministry, although he refused to share the details of the conversation.
According to The New York Times, the highest American diplomat was summoned for the second time on Wednesday – this time over Trump’s tariff letter.
The official source of the cited NYT said that Brazil had not yet received the letter Trump published, and summoned Escobar to confirm it. When he confirmed, Brazilian officials stated that “refuses” the letter “because it was offensive and inaccurate”.
Lula’s statement came afterwards.
Brazil was not among these higher duties before.
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