‘There is a worse crisis to come’
“And it will not be a decree of the President of the Republic, as we are talking about the tariff (50%), a personal decision of the Presidency of the Republic. It will be an American law, (…) a decision of the US Congress. So Brazil has time to prepare, to seek dialogue, as it did not have this issue now from the 1st. (August),” says Viana.
The bill presented in the Senate by Senate Senators, South Carolina Republican and Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut’s Democrat, and has been publicly supported by 80 of the 100 senators, including 40 Democrats, 39 Republicans and 1 independent. Therefore, approval in the house is given for certain. The project has not been voted just because the White House requested an additional deadline to try to diplomate the end of the Ukraine war with Russia.
Senator Tereza Cristina (PP-MS) confirmed the new object of concern in Brazil. “We are taking some points of attention in his background such as this sensitive issue of oil, which is sensitive to both Democrats and Republicans and that Brazil has to think about this,” Cristina said, who said he has heard from US Democratic Senators who “who buys Russia gives Russia for Russia to continue to continue the war.”
The Lula government’s position on the war was a theme that irritated and distanced democratic politicians from the Brazilian government still during the management of then -President Joe Biden. American analysts identify in the theme part of the lack of more robust support that Brazil now finds from opposition to Donald Trump to try to contain the tariff.
“Brazilian foreign policy is being warned that there is something that can reach us much more strength in the next 90 days. We are making this warning of what we heard yesterday of parliamentarians, both sides, and that it will become a very soon reality,” added Viana.
The question, however, will not be simple solution, as, as the Senate government leader said, Jaques Wagner (PT-BA), 30% of the fertilizer used in the country comes from Russia.
