Group coordinated by Alckmin will have meetings in the vice presidency and start listening to entrepreneurs on Tuesday (15.Jul); Guidelines will be released this Monday
The government of the President (PT) should officialize this Monday (14.Jul.2025) the creation of an interministerial committee to coordinate actions against the 50% tariff imposed by the United States on Brazilian products.
The measure was discussed after one, between Lula, the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Institutional Relations, and the vice president and head of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Services, (PSB).
The group will be coordinated by Alckmin and will be attended by the farm, the Civil House and the Ministry of Institutional Relations. The meetings will take place at the headquarters of the Vice Presidency in Brasilia. The objective is to formulate an institutional response to the tariff promoted by US President Donald Trump, who is expected to take effect on August 1.
According to the Poder360Lula reinforced the need for dialogue with entrepreneurs before announcing measures. He said the government should seek a negotiated exit, but does not rule out taking the case to the WTO (World Trade Organization).
The commission will begin the work listening to representatives of the sectors most impacted by the new rates already on Tuesday (15.Jul). Among the most sensitive sectors are, aviation, steel and auto parts – all with a strong export vocation.
The new US tariff policy directly affects Brazilian industry. The White House argues that tariffs seek to protect US internal production in strategic sectors. The Brazilian government considers the measure inappropriate and studies retaliation based on the law of economic reciprocity.
Reciprocity Law
On Sunday, in São Paulo, Alckmin said that (14.Jul) or 3rd (15.Jul).
“The National Congress passed an important law, called reciprocity, saying that what to tariff there. This law allows not only tariff issues, but non -tariff issues. It needed to be regulated. Regulation, which is by decree, must be leaving tomorrow or 3rd,”, He told reporters during the inauguration of the Francisca de Sene viaduct in Francisco Morato, in the metropolitan region of São Paulo.
The president (PT) sanctioned on April 11, without vetoes, the bill authorizing Brazil to adopt the so -called tariff and environmental reciprocity in trade with other countries.
JABUTICABA
On Sunday (13.Jul), Lula. In the garden of the palace of Alvorada, the official residence of the presidency, the petista went to a jabuticaba foot and said, in a humorous tone that intends to bring Jabuticabas to Trump. The speech was published on video on the profile of the first lady Janja Lula da Silva, on Instagram.
Jabuticaba is a native fruit from Brazil and Lula associated the consumption of fruit with a good mood and defended more “Union and diplomatic relationship” among the countries. “I’m going to suck jabuticaba in the morning, because I doubt someone who sucks jabuticaba is in a bad mood. I’ll take Jabuticaba for you, Trump”these.
Then he added: “You will realize that the guy who eats jabuticaba in the morning, in a country that only he gives jabuticaba, knows, does not need a fight. It needs a lot of union and a lot of diplomatic relationship. That’s it.”
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Understand
The new 50% rate on Brazilian products was announced by Trump on the last Wednesday (9.Jul).
The president’s main argument for the imposition of the commercial fare is that the Brazilian government authorities ” Bolsonaro.
The former chief of the federal executive is a defendant in the Federal Supreme Court for attempted coup of state after the result of the 2022 presidential elections, in which he defeated.
In response to Trump’s measure, President Lula stated that the “Brazil will not accept being protected by anyone” And that Brazil will adopt the law of economic reciprocity (to respond to the imposition.
“The judicial process against those who have planned the coup d’état is of jurisdiction only of the Brazilian justice and, therefore, is not subject to any kind of interference or threat that makes the independence of national institutions.”said Lula in a statement released on the last Wednesday (9.Jul).
In his letter addressed to Lula, Trump considered a “International Shame” the way Bolsonaro is judged, stating that there is a “Witch Hunt” that must end “immediately”.
China also announced the US president and criticized the US for trying to influence the judgment of the former Brazilian president by the Supreme. On Friday (11.Jul), the spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Mao Ning, said the US government fails to comply with UN (United Nations) rules.
“Sovereign equality and non -interference in internal affairs are important principles of the UN Charter”declared Ning.
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