USA do not respond letter sent by Brazil and Lula evaluates a new attempt

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The US government is still did not answer The attempted negotiation of Brazil, said Vice President Geraldo Alckmin on Tuesday (15). The Brazilian authorities sent a letter US President Donald Trump, two months agowhen a reciprocal tariff of 10% It was imposed on Brazilian products.

Despite the lack of response, the government of President Luiz Inacio Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) will make a New attempted dialogue with Trump, before 50% rate recently announced about Brazilian imports.

“We sent a confidential letter for two months about dealings with agreement and understanding, but we got no response. It’s been two months. What we will send is a letter saying we await the answer and still committed to solving this problem,” said Alckmin.

The vice president, who is also Minister of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services, met on the morning of Tuesday (15) with representatives of the industry to debate solutions for the impasse of the tariffs. At the meeting, the entrepreneurs requested the expansion of the deadline validity of the rate, scheduled to start in August 1.

During the meeting, it was also agreed that industrialists start a parallel negotiation with their American counterparts, such as importing and exporting companies, to reverse the application of tariffs on Brazilian products. The government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT) justifies that the measure will make products out for the Americans themselves.

“We want to solve the problem as soon as possible, if there is more time, we will work in this regard,” said Alckmin.

The meeting with the industry was the first of the Interministerial Committee created to formulate the Brazilian response to the US tariff imposed by the US on the importation of Brazilian products.

From the committee, the Planalto Palace wants to align the discourse between the public and private sectors to define the best negotiation strategy. The government wants to hear the private sector before formalizing decisions.

The committee will be commanded by the ministry led by Alckmin, with the support of Fazenda, Civil House, Itamaraty and Institutional Relations.