(Adnkronos) – “Brazil is a sovereign state, with independent institutions, and will not accept any form of guardianship”. With a long post on X, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva responds to the public “letter” on X from Donald Trump with 50% tariffs on Brazilian products that will arrive on the American market from August 1st and the statements on the trial of Jair Bolsonaro, considered by the tycoon a “witch hunt”.
“Sovereignty, respect and defense of the interests of the Brazilian population are the values that guide our relations with the world,” Lula says in the post.
“The judicial proceedings against those responsible for planning the coup d’état fall exclusively within the jurisdiction of the Brazilian judiciary and, as such, are not subject to any interference or threat that could compromise the independence of national institutions”, the president points out. The “statements” on the “US trade deficit in trade relations with Brazil” are “inaccurate” for him and “any unilateral increase in tariffs will be managed according to the Brazilian Law of economic reciprocity”, he writes in reference to the text recently adopted to allow the government to increase tariff measures on imported products.
