Posted on 07/30/2025 6:59:31 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he won’t be cowed by Trump ahead of 50% tariffs set to hit Brazil
Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has said he does not fear getting on the wrong side of Donald Trump, as South America’s largest economy braces for the introduction of 50% tariffs.
Trump announced plans to slap Brazil with tariffs on 1 August earlier this month, partly in retaliation for a supposed political “witch-hunt” against his far-right ally Jair Bolsonaro. The former Brazilian president faces decades in jail for allegedly plotting a military coup to stop Lula from taking office after the former lost the 2022 presidential election.
On Wednesday, Trump signed an executive order confirming that the US would impose 50% tariffs on Brazil. The order did not mention the previously-cited 1 August deadline, but indicated that the new duty would be enforced from next week.
In a rare interview with the New York Times, clearly designed to send a message to the White House on the eve of a potential trade war, Lula urged the US president to avoid creating a “lose-lose” relationship between two of the largest economies in the Americas and said he did not fear publicly criticizing Trump, whom he recently called an “emperor”.
“There’s no reason to be afraid. I am worried, obviously, because we have economic interests, political interests, technological interests. But at no point will Brazil negotiate as if it were a small country up against a big country. Brazil will negotiate as a sovereign country,” said Lula, who has enjoyed a bounce in the polls after Trump’s threat.
Lula indicated his officials were willing to negotiate economic issues with the US: “In politics between two states, the will of neither should prevail. We...
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Might as well stop reading right there.
Lula is a fascist Commie.
Lulu, floats like a bumblebee, stings like a butterfly. My apologies to Muhammid Ali.
A 50% hike for a cup of joe will turn Americans into tea drinkers.
OTOH it may cause me to ditch caffeine.
Commie SOB better reign it in.
The US gets heavy amounts of coffee with Indonesia and Vietnam both with trade deals something tells me Trump knew this before hitting on Brazil
Enjoy your shit sandwich
“What Do Brazil and the US Trade Most?
The primary commodities involved in this trade include copper, various metals, timber, agricultural products, pet food, honey, tile, and stone. Each of these commodities requires specialized import-export procedures and collaboration among multiple stakeholders to ensure smooth and efficient trade operations.”
https://glc-inc.com/2025/03/brazil-and-usa-imports-exports-key-commodities/
IOW - they have NOTHING we need to be importing to survive as a whole in the first place. :)
Plenty of other nations with excellent coffee (who don’t have a socialist moron in charge) that can take care of the needs of American coffee drinkers.
Can Ptesident Trump but a tariff on NYC.🤣
“A 50% hike for a cup of (Brazilian) joe”
Other suppliers will sell for less. Americans can easily substitute a commodity like coffee, from another source.
We have Kona coffee
“ But at no point will Brazil negotiate as if it were a small country up against a big country”
But Brazil IS a small country up against a big country. :-)
Juan Valdez and his donkey Conchita will have to get busy.
Pres. Trump will find it hard to get Brazil in line unless he starts hitting the rich guys there. Both Lula and Bolsanaro have little invested in making the poor into middle class.
Actually you can stop reading at “The Guardian”. It is a global joke run by deluded leftist children.
Brazil will learn a valuable yet painful lesson.
Let Brazil rot in its commie juices. They have a trading partner right next door.
To the far-Left Guardian, everyone is far Right.
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