After celebrating on social networks in January, the inauguration of NOS, the governor of São Paulo (Republicans), and their surroundings ignored the imposition of American commercial tariffs on products from Brazil, announced on Wednesday (2).
At an event held on the morning of Thursday (3), at the Bandeirantes Palace, to discuss road infrastructure works, secretaries of state and deputies of the governor base did not even mention the subject in the conversations that preceded the agenda, according to reports collected by Sheet.
Although he had summoned the press, Tarcisio left without serving it. On social networks, the subject was also outside the publications of congress -based scholarships and the governor’s base.
According to an assistant, Tarcisio will expect his team’s analysis of the impacts of tariffs before making some public comment.
Brazilian products, according to Trump’s announcement, the same percentage of neighbors such as Argentina, Chile and Colombia.
Although tariffs could make Brazilian products out in the US market, Brazil was less overwhelmed than other countries – in Southeast Asia countries, tariffs exceeded 30% and, for the European Union, the taxation was 20%.
A scholarship deputy heard by the report stated that the governor should avoid the issue for now, following the assessment that the matter should be dealt with at the federal level. For this ally, the pocket base does not believe that Trump support will generate embarrassment despite any damage.
“Did not score it [Tarcísio]. We had no charge from our base so far. The governor should not move for now, “said state deputy Dani Alonso (PL).
The base, however, rules out the measures, according to another member of the group. “This account will go to what is being unfit in negotiating with a shark,” said another state deputy of the Tarcisio base, Lucas Bove (PL). “This is a non -subject.”
The export agenda of São Paulo is different from the Brazilian. While the country, as a whole, has China as the main commercial partner, in case most exports are intended precisely to the United States.
Last year, according to the Ministry of Development, Industry and Commerce, São Paulo exported US $ 13.6 billion (R $ 76.2 billion) to the US, especially aircraft, engineering equipment, orange juices and fuel oils. For China, the total exported was just over $ 8.3 billion (R $ 46.5 billion).
Trump had already promised to adopt protectionist policies in his election campaign. When he took office on January 20, Tarcisio published from the Republican, with the phrase in English “Make America Great Again”. In the video, he says “big day” and smiles.
A Sheet He questioned the Bandeirantes Palace on the impacts that the tariff will bring to the São Paulo economy and what measures will be adopted to mitigate them, but has no response.
