The threat of imposition of 50% tariffs on Brazilian products by the government of Donald Trump is producing opposite effects to those desired, according to analysis published on Sunday (20) in the American newspaper The Washington Post. According to the text, published in the WorldView Porishaan Tharoor column, the commercial offensive in support of former President Jair Bolsonaro eventually strengthened the current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
The analysis reinforces that, what was supposed to be a demonstration of strength of the magician and its Brazilian extension, eventually turned Lula into a symbol of national resistance. The newspaper points out that the rates were announced even with the US maintaining a surplus in the trade balance with Brazil, which makes it clear that the purpose of the measure was to press the Lula government to interrupt lawsuits against Bolsonaro and punish Minister Alexandre de Moraes, rapporteur of the inquiries who hit the former president.
Tharo notes that the moment was politically used by Lula, who has made public statements of confrontation to external pressure. In an interview with CNNthe president criticized Trump and said he.
According to the newspaper, US diplomats show backstage discomfort with the offensive. A state department official anonymously said that “it is difficult to conceive of action more harmful to US credibility in promoting democracy than sanctioning a Supreme Court judge for disagreeing with his decisions.”
O Post It also cites a statement by a Brazilian diplomat, on condition of anonymity, on the internal effects of the measure: “Santa arrived early to President Lula, and the present was sent by Trump with this disastrous attack on Brazilian sovereignty.”
If there is no negotiation, Trump’s tariffs come into force on August 1 and may so far the largest commercial sanction imposed by the US government in Trump’s current term. Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Monday (21) that the Brazilian government maintains open diplomatic channels and wants to negotiate, but see no willingness on the US side. According to him,.
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For the Washington Post, Trump’s tariff, although it caused setbacks in other countries in the region, found in Brazil a government with more diverse economy and willing to face political pressure.
