Brazil’s Top Presidential Candidates Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro Clash over US Tariff Proposal
Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro traded accusations as Brazil’s election race tightened, with Trump set to decide by July 15 on 25% tariffs.
- On Thursday, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva criticized Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro for requesting that the United States postpone potential 25% tariffs on Brazilian goods until after the October presidential election.
- In a document sent to the United States Trade Representative on Wednesday, Flavio Bolsonaro suggested "postponing implementation until after the October vote" to prevent the rate hike from being interpreted as election interference.
- Lula blasted the request, calling it "yet another act of treason against the homeland," and argued there is no justification for any tariff hike now or later.
- Three hours later, Flavio Bolsonaro claimed Lula is the "one who wants the tariff hike against Brazilian products" and announced he is returning to the United States next week to prevent the tariffs.
- President Donald Trump must decide by July 15 whether to impose the tariffs, which have become a central campaign issue as polls project a tight race between the candidates.
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Brazil's top presidential candidates Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro clash over US tariff proposal
Brazil’s President Lula da Silva and Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro have clashed over U.S. tariffs. Both politicians aim to discourage the Trump administration from imposing a 25% tariff on Brazilian products.
Bolsonaro Asks Trump to Delay Brazil Tariffs Until After the Vote
Politics Key Facts —The filing. Senator Flávio Bolsonaro sent an eighty-six-page submission to the US trade office on July 1. —The ask. He wants planned twenty-five percent tariffs on Brazilian goods held back for a hundred and eighty days. —The logic. He argues past tariffs backfired by strengthening President Lula ahead of the vote. —The […] The post Bolsonaro Asks Trump to Delay Brazil Tariffs Until After the Vote appeared first on The Rio Ti…
Lula pointed out that it was the Bolsonaro family itself that defended the increase in tariffs for Brazilian products. She added that postponing debate is an attitude "of traitors of the homeland".
The pre-candidate to President Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) again asked the United States (USA) to suspend the imposition of tariffs on Brazil, suggested by the conclusion of the investigations of the Office of the Trade Representative of the United States (USTR) based on Section 301 and defends that this mechanism of punishment "politically strengthens" the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT). The sending of the document to the American go…
Bolsonaro Asks Trump to Avoid Tariffs That Would Benefit Lula
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