President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday (24), during an event in the Jequitinhonha Valley (MG), that Brazil is ready to negotiate with the United States about 50% rates on Brazilian products. But, according to him, US President Donald Trump has no interest in talking.
“He doesn’t want to talk. If he wanted to talk, he would take the phone and call me. I talked to Clinton, talked to Obama, talked to Bush, talked to Biden, talked to Xi Jinping, talked to India, talked to Canada, yesterday I talked to the president of Mexico, I talked to Paraguay, with Bolivia, With Malaysia, with Indonesia, with everyone I talk, but he didn’t want to talk, ”said Lula.
Lula’s speeches were made during the 1st Regional Meeting of Quilombola School Education of the Southeast, which involves interministerial initiatives In the areas of education, racial equality, human rights and indigenous peoples.
Jokingly, The Brazilian president mocked Donald Trump’s strategy to attack and then go back or stop negotiations.
“I’m not a miner, but I’m good at Truco, and if he is tricking, he will take one six. First, because Brazil is used to negotiating. We were negotiating, we had already done ten meetings with the United States. May 16, we sent a letter to explain the proposals we had already done.
Lula has previously stated that he will adopt the reciprocity law if Brazil is taxed.
The Brazilian president also criticized the US leader’s speech that the Brazilian justice is making a “witch hunt” at the trial where former President Jair Bolsonaro is a defendant for leading an attempted coup d’état.
