The United States fulfilled their threats of applying two days in advance and imposed the criminal case against former President Jair Bolsonaro.
The double measures showed that, precisely when Brazilian authorities sought dialogue, the White House suddenly intensified the growing diplomatic crisis between the two most populous nations of the Western hemisphere.
The rates against Brazil are the highest of any tax that President Donald Trump has imposed this year, although, such as aircraft, fuels and orange juice. Brazil is also the only country to face rates while maintaining a commercial surplus with the US.
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Actions against Alexandre de Moraes, Brazilian Supreme Court Minister, are a highly uncommon use of some of the most severe human rights sanctions that the US government has.
Trump is aiming for Brazil for what he calls political persecution against his political ally, Bolsonaro, and illegal censorship of conservative online voices. In an executive order this Wednesday,
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, from Brazil, publicly challenged Trump for weeks, including one.
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“I think President Trump consider: if he wants to have a political struggle, then let’s treat her as a political struggle,” Lula told Times. “If he wants to talk about commerce, let’s sit down and discuss trade. But everything cannot be mixed.”
Trump asked Brazil to remove the accusations against Bolsonaro, who is accused of orchestrating an attempt to blow after losing the 2022 elections. Lula and Moraes promised not to allow Trump to interfere with the Brazilian court proceedings.
Lula told Times on Tuesday that his government was studying retaliatory tariffs against some American products if Trump fulfilled his threats. Now he faces the decision to launch a trade war against Brazil’s second largest commercial partner after China.
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Now it seems that Trump’s efforts to help Bolsonaro can soon mean higher prices for items such as coffee and beef – products that are significantly originated from Brazil.
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