The president (PT) stated, in an article to The New York Times published on Sunday (14), that he wants to maintain a “open and frank” dialogue with the president of, but is proud of the (Supreme Court) by the decision that condemned the former president () for attempted coup and “unfounded” the charges against Brazil.
“President Trump, we remain open to negotiating everything that can bring mutual benefits. But Brazil’s democracy and sovereignty are not at the discussion table,” said Lula,.
The article, according to Lula, is a response from Brazil on Brazilian products imported by the United States. The publication, however, occurs just after the arrest Supreme Court for the coup plot. The US government to Brazil because of the trial, with the claim that there was political persecution.
The president says he has carefully examined the commercial argument and that it is not “only wrong, but also illogical”, as there is surplus in the trade balance for Americans. “The lack of economic rationality behind these measures makes it clear that the motivation of the White House is political,” writes Lula.
According to the president, the US government uses the tariffs and the magnitsky law to seek impunity for the former president “who orchestrated a failed coup attempt on January 8, 2023, in an attempt to subvert popular will expressed at the polls.”
He also cites plans to assassinate him, vice president Geraldo Alckmin (PSB) and the STF minister, who was rapporteur of the lawsuits against Bolsonaro for the coup plot.
“I am proud of the Federal Supreme Court of Brazil for its historic decision last Thursday, which protects our institutions and the Democratic Rule of Law. This was not a” witch hunt “. The trial resulted from a process led according to the 1988 Constitution, promulgated after two decades of fighting a military dictatorship,” says the Brazilian president.
The president also rebates in the article other accusations of the Trump government to apply commercial sanctions to Brazil, such as that the regulation of social networks aims to censor freedom of expression in the country.
Lula says that this argument is “dishonest” and that Brazilian action seeks “the protection of our families against fraud, misinformation and hate discourse”. “The internet cannot be a lawless land, where pedophiles and aggressors are free to attack our children and adolescents,” he says.
In the article, he also defends the Pix, as he allows the financial inclusion of millions of citizens and companies. The means of commercial payment opened by the United States Government against Brazil, in calculation at the USA (USA).
For Lula, the allegations of allegations of supposed failure in the application of environmental laws are “unfounded. He states in the article that Brazil has reduced the rate of deforestation in the Amazon in half in the two years of its government – but the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions also depends that other countries do their part.
The petista also states that when the United States “saw their backs to a relationship of more than 200 years”, such as maintained with Brazil, “all lose”, and stated that two great nations must be able to respect and cooperate, “for the sake of Brazilians and Americans.”
In the article, Lula says he agrees with the idea of bringing jobs back to the United States and promoting reindustrialization. Both, he says, are legitimate motivations, and see the White House “finally recognize the limits of Washington’s so -called consensus” confirms the Brazilian position, he adds.
The Washington Consensus is a set of economic policies defended by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in the 1990s for developing countries, which involved privatization, public spending cutting, economy deregulation, and the release of international trade. The goal was to combat the indebtedness of these countries and successive economic crises.
“When, in the past, the United States raised the neoliberalism flag, Brazil warned of its harmful effects,” says the Brazilian in the article.
Despite this defense, Lula criticizes the use of unilateral actions and calls “wrong medicine” the tariffs imposed by Trump and defends multilateralism.
Lula also argues that the United States has been won in the trade scale with Brazil of $ 410 billion in 15 years and that 75% of imports made by Brazilians from American products and services are exempt from tariffs such as oil, natural gas and aircraft.
