Measures must come into force by July 15th, after a hearing scheduled for July 6th
The President of the Republic, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), stated this Tuesday (2) that waiting for a call from the President of the United States, Donald Trumpso that he can explain the proposal from the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to apply a general tariff of 25% on Brazilian products, on the grounds that the country adopts practices that burden or restrict North American trade.
A intellectual property, ethanol and illegal deforestation. The measures must come into force by July 15th, after a hearing scheduled for July 6th.
“I’m waiting for a call from you to explain to me what happened in your absence and in my absence, because this agreement cannot have your consent. We both agreed on 30 days, until July 15, to have an answer about what we proposed”, said Lula.
The PT member also stated that he presented Trump with proposals involving critical minerals and rare earthscombating organized crime and expanding commercial relations, in addition to being available to discuss any topic of interest to the American government.
“Trump, here’s the thing, man: you said you created chemistry between us. The person who announced this wasn’t you or me. You gave me a meeting and I gave you a meeting, because we gave our negotiators 30 days to talk”, highlighted Lula.
A dstatement was given during the inauguration ceremony of the University Hospital of the Federal University of Catalão (HU-UFCAT)in Goiás. Ministers Alexandre Padilha (Health), Guilherme Boulos (General Secretariat of the Republic) and Leonardo Barchini (Education) participated in the event.
To those present at the event, Lula gave a speech highlighting that Brazil has learnedstand with your “head held high”, without considering yourself better or worse than other countries.
He further said that never “bowed his head” to anyone, who is not afraid of pressure from Trumpdoes not want war with the United States, but seeks peace and respect.
The president also defended Pix as a Brazilian invention that benefits the population.
