Petista claims to want to end all protectionist measures, even if this increases the competition between the countries
The President (PT) said on Tuesday (13.mai.2025) that “Not afraid of retaliation” From the United States after making several speeches aligned with China during his official visit to Beijing.
On the presidential trip, the petista criticized US protectionism and repeated Chinese discourse that multilateralism is the best way to the global economy, even in this context Brazil has to compete with US products.
“Brazil is not afraid to compete with the United States, in the quantity and quality of our products. I think the more product, the better, the better for everyone.”said Lula.
The president repeated the desire to negotiate with the US the reduction of US tariffs applied to Brazilian products, but stated that if an agreement does not advance, Brazil “It will seek your rights” in the WTO (World Trade Organization).
Lula praises Trump
The petista praised the attitude of US President Donald Trump (Republican) regarding clashes in the Gaza and Ukraine strip.
Stated that the American adopts a different speech from his predecessor, Joe Biden (Democrat), who “I spoke every day at war”.
“With all the divergence I can have with Trump, I think his decision about war was important. Because you had our friend Biden talking about war every day, destroying Russia every day and Trump comes and says, ‘I need to make peace and stop this war.’.
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