The special advisor of the presidency for international affairs, ambassador Celso Amorimsaid this Monday (11) that the Brazil will be prepared if the USA want to issue new sanction.
Amorim answered a question about any reactions in the event of a conviction of the former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL).
“I find it absurd so great that I refuse to believe. We will be prepared, the government has thought of everything necessary. I think it is not in the US interest to have a war, which is commercial or verbal, with Brazil,” Amorim said during an interview with TV Cultura’s “Roda Vida” program.
“It doesn’t matter, Brazil is not against the US. President Lula had good relations with [Joe] Biden, but with [George W.] Bush too. And it was possible to talk even disagreeing. “
Currently in the house arrest regime, the former president is a defendant in criminal action that investigates an attempt to coup after losing the 2022 elections.
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Still on negotiations with the American country, which recently officialized a total rate of 50% on the importation of certain Brazilian products, the ambassador adds:
“There has not been a way yet. It’s not a second -ranking thing. Someone who has a real influence on President Trump tells him: ‘Look, president, it is better to negotiate with Brazil because Brazil is a very large country. Even if you hurt Brazil Brazil will resist and continue to be independent.'”
