The economic exploitation of colonies with the imposition of monopolies and abusive taxes marked relations between European countries and their possessions around the world. Famous cases of the fifth of gold and spills are famous in Brazil, and the tea law, in the initiative of Portugal and the United Kingdom.
The two episodes caused revolts against the metropolises. In Brazil, the Inconfidência Mineira; In the US, the tea party and, a few years later, independence.
Centuries later, he is committed to restoring an imperial perspective by customs coercion. What we might call the emperor of tariffs is distributing rates like Zeus distributed lightning to demonstrate his power. Ah, the Brazilian judiciary radius in them. And take 50% tariff. Ah, isn’t Mexico helping enough with drug trafficking for Americans? Ray in them too.
And so we live the nightmare of a world under permanent threat. What’s worse is that this method of domination, through start -ups, threats, setbacks and new offensive, all about arbitrary bases, has not caused more emphatic and effective reactions of affected countries.
Report by the British Financial Times, also published by this SheetIt shows that “most US business partners have failed to retaliate, allowing a president to collect nearly $ 50 billion ($ 278.61 billion) in extra customs revenues at a” low cost “.
Four months after the first tariff rays launched by Zeus Blondo de America, only and retaliated more firmly – with return, however, smaller. That is, as much as all this can go very wrong, the fact is that, for now, it is “working” for Trump.
According to the Financial Times, “US revenues with customs rights have reached a record of $ 64 billion in the second quarter-$ 47 billion ($ 261.89 billion) more than in the same period last year, according to data published by the US Treasury on Friday (11).”
The painting becomes exasperating and dark. Faced with random and absurd intimidations, most of the world proves to be numb, seeks to negotiate individually behind the scenes, give up principles, and fear uniting to face what can be the beginning of a global disaster.
Situations that prove unsustainable in their obvious lack of legitimacy are taken seriously, debated and analyzed. To stay in an example that concerns us, the talaberta over Brazil is a bizarre initiative. The US resorts to a series of science hours in its trade strategies, as well as the tariff stapans, and openly sabotes the Paralyzed World Trade Organization (WTO).
How to take a investigation seriously that puts the PIX and the trade of 25 de Março Street in Sao Paulo as targets? Trump talking about deforestation? The distraction sounds for unwary. It is evident that it could be seeking arguments for a retreat. It will be? The fact is that the emperor of tariffs does not need investigation or objective, false or true base to do what he understands.
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