Despite declaring openness to the dialogue, Lula clarified that “who defines the directions of Brazil are Brazilians and their institutions,” in statements after attacks from the White House to the South American Supreme Court for the trial, for attempted coup, former President Jair Bolsonaro.
Brazilian President Lula da Silva said he was available to after US homologous, Donald Trump, point out the possibility of a conversation between the two.
“We have always been open to the dialogue,” Lula da Silva on Friday wrote on social networks, in an apparent response to Trump’s statements, which said the same day that the Brazilian could talk to him “when he wanted”, although he insisted that “people who lead Brazil did wrong things.”
Still on Thursday, president of the United States, Donald Trump, assured that his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, To talk about 50% tariffs that imposed several porques in the country.
USA sanction Brazilian judge
The US government sanctioned Judge Alexandre de Moraes on Wednesday-rapporteur of the lawsuit against Bolsonaro-with the freezing of all the goods or properties that the magistrate may have in the US country, accusing him of violating freedom of expression by ordering the removal of undemocratic messages on social networks.
It was also based on this criticism of Bolsonaro’s trial and the judge’s performance that Trump decreed a 50% rate on a significant part of Brazilian imports.
LUla da Silva, who has not detailed if or how he will respond to tariffs, said the government is working “to protect” the economy, companies and workers.
Although the Brazilian authorities have already shown to negotiate a way out of these tariffs before they go into force, the White House has so far ignored these attempts.
