The empire shows its true colors: a 50% tariff against Brazil.
By imposing an excessive tax rate, Washington is blatantly displaying unilateralism.
By taxing Brazilian products with a monstrous 50% rate, the American empire is displaying the true face of the liberalism touted in prose and verse by the conservative music that has dominated the economic debate of recent decades as the soundtrack of our times.
"I'm not going to call Trump to negotiate anything, because he doesn't want to," reacted President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as soon as the measure was announced, demonstrating necessary clarity about the gravity of the change in relations between the two countries.
Given the consistently goodwill shown by Brazilian authorities in their dealings with Washington, it was reasonable to imagine that, instead of an attack from behind, the country would be kept informed of a very serious change underway behind the scenes in the world's leading power.
By opting for absolute secrecy, the White House has made a decision that, under the current conditions, amounts to nothing more than a shameful backstabbing attack that will subject the Brazilian economy to disruptions and unforeseen events unimaginable until the day before. As the first target of Washington, it is predicted that in the coming days the economies of Japan, South Korea, and the European Union will be affected by similar measures.
Faced with a change of such magnitude, which will have an undeniable and immense impact on the country's economy as a whole, only the naive and ill-intentioned can imagine that it is not necessary to take stock of relations with the empire and outline new perspectives, when the interests of Brazil and Brazilians must be put first.
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* This is an opinion article, the responsibility of the author, and does not reflect the opinion of Brasil 247.
