Democratic deputy, known as AOC, wants the US government to present the reasons why Brazil would be a threat to the United States that justifies the sanctions applied by Donald Trump.
The request was made through a proposal for amendment to the Bill that defines the US defense budget and would need to be approved by parliamentarians to be accepted.
As Democrats are a minority in the US Congress, the measure will hardly pass. Still, the presentation of the text represents a parliamentary gesture, which is one of the most prominent figures of the Democratic Party in the US.
The project that provides for the defense budget already has 985 amendment proposals. In the suggestion, AOC calls for the agency to send to Congress a report detailing what the government’s policies and practices would be that “constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat” to national security, foreign policy and economics.
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“Instructs the Department of Defense to conduct an assessment of whether the imposition of tariffs to Brazil, in response to legal proceedings carried out in accordance with Brazilian constitutional legislation and principles, contributes to US national security objectives in the region and the global scenario,” says the amendment proposal.
The deputy also requests that the Secretariat of Defense makes an assessment of the impact of the sanction applied to Brazil on relations between the country and the US, “the two greatest democracies in the hemisphere,” she says.
In 2023, release.
That year, the Democrat made a trip to Latin America and went to Brazil. He visited the Planalto Palace, spoke with authorities about the attacks of January 8, 2023 and the period of the military dictatorship. After that trip, allies say, she raised the issue of democracy in Latin America and American interference in countries on her radar.
The 50% surcharge imposed by the president of, Brazilian exports to the US market came into force on August 6.
The decree signed by Trump, while dealing with an economic measure, focuses on criticism of the Brazilian government and judiciary decisions and does not mention bilateral trade. In the letter he announced his intention to expand tariffs to the country, when in fact there is surplus.
The text of the decree, in turn, directly mentions the minister, of the (Supreme Court), and the former president (), who is a defendant in an inquiry that investigates attempted coup in 2022. The White House states that the measure aims to “deal with unusual and extraordinary threats to national security, foreign policy and the economy of the United States.”
The fare reaches 36% of the products exported by Brazil to the US, according to the Brazilian government, including important items in the business relationship between the two countries, such as agricultural machines, meat and coffee.
Thanks to about 700 exceptions provided for in Decree () that officialized the measure, escape the new rates, as shown by a survey made by Sheet. They are exempt from this tariff, for example, derived from oil, iron, civil aviation products-which delivers Embraer-and orange juice.
