Meeting with companies that charge legal certainty and regulatory environment, it is 3 days before the tariff
The vice president and minister of development, industry and commerce, (PSB), gathered this Thursday (29.Jul.2025) with representatives of big techs As a goal, Google, Amazon, Apple, Visa and Expedia. Classified as “Quite profitable”.
Companies ask for legal certainty, technological innovation, regulatory environment and economic opportunity. According to Alckmin, other government members also attended the meeting, as well as a representative of the United States Secretariat of Commerce. Did not specify the names.
“It was a very useful meeting. We took even a work table to discuss a series of questions aimed at the Big Techs issue,” declared the vice president.
Regarding the question of the taxation of 50% imposed by the US (United States) on Brazilian products, Alckmin stated that the government is committed to avoiding the tariff “Totally unjustifiable”.
“There is no justification for you to have a 50%rate for a country that is a major buyer of you. You have a surplus trade balance and continues, from January to June, our export to the United States has grown 4.8%. The United States has grown almost 12%, 11.7%,” these.
Alckmin also said that a contingency plan for the tariff if it is consummated on August 1.
Tariff
Donald Trump published on July 9 a letter to Lula announcing the tariff. The Republican justified the increase in the treatment that the Brazilian government gave to the former president of Brazil (PL), whom it said “deeply”.
“The way Brazil treated former President Bolsonaro, a highly respected leader around the world during his term, including the United States, is an international shame.”these.
The American has stated that the US government has concluded that it needs to move away from “Longtime and very unfair relationship” provoked by the tariff policy of commercial barriers in Brazil.
According to the Republican, US rates are far from reciprocal with the country of South America. “Severe injustices of the current regime”.
“Please understand that the number of 50% is much less than necessary to have the equality of conditions we need with your country”he declared.
Trump also said that if Lula increases the fees in retaliation, there will be an increase of equal proportion to the 50% announced.
Other countries besides Brazil will also be affected by US rates from August 1, such as nations of the European Union, Japan, Indonesia and Mexico. Each country, however, will have a different percentage.
