Vice-president says he only affects 3.3% of Brazilian exports; It states that the government called the WTO for “legal fragility” of the US measure
The vice president and Minister of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services, (PSB), minimized on Saturday (23.2025) the impact of the United States tariff on the Brazilian economy. According to him, exports from the country to the US market have been drastically reduced in recent decades, which would limit negative effects.
At a PT (Workers Party) event to discuss the economic conjuncture, Alckmin detailed the Brazilian government’s strategy to deal with commercial tensions. “What is affected is 3.3%. This is what is affected ”, He said, in reference to the total of Brazilian exports.
The main complaint in the (World Trade Organization). Alckmin stated that the American measure, known as section 301, has “Total legal fragility”. “You cannot use the regulatory policy, which is import and export tax for party reasons“He declared.
Section 301 is a US commercial law that allows unilateral retaliation. The WTO has already considered some uses incompatible with multilateral rules, but the US continues to apply to certain disputes.
“A decision on the case should be made in September and can reach the Supreme Court,” said the vice president.
Lower dependence
Alckmin contrasted the current situation with decades ago. “We in the 80s […] It was 24% our export to the United States. Practically 1/4 of Brazilian exports was for the United States. Today is 12%“, These.
In addition to the action on the WTO, the Brazilian government has adopted a series of measures to support the hardest affected sectors and seek new markets to preserve jobs.
Among the actions highlighted by Alckmin are:
- Launch of “Believe Export” – A program that grants a 3.1% tax credit for micro and small companies to boost the participation of these businesses in exports;
- taxpayer – AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER PLEASE DATES WERE TRIED FOR December, as a financial relief for companies;
- condition for support – All benefits and credits granted by the government are subject to the “job guarantee” by companies. “Look, I’ll give you credit, I will do drawback, I will do Reintegra, but you hold the job, preserve the job“It pointed out the vice president;
- market expansion – Mercosur has signed new trade agreements with Singapore and EFTA (Norway, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Island), as well as advancing in negotiations with the European Union and the United Arab Emirates.
Alckmin also briefly mentioned other government deeds, such as the reduction of deforestation in the Amazon by more than 50% and the success of the Pix instant payment system, reinforcing the strategy of economic diversification and markets.
