The vice-president of the Republic and minister of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services, Geraldo Alckmin, said this Thursday (15) that a possible sanction by the United States to Iran, as announced by US President Donald Trump, should not affect Brazil.
“The United States has stated that it does not want there to be trade with Iran. But Iran has 100 million people. European countries export to Iran, most countries have some type of export. In Brazil, our commercial relationship with Iran is small,” he said.
“The issue of supercharging is difficult to apply. You would have to apply it in more than 70 countries around the world, including European countries”, he added, when participating in an interview with radio stations during the program Good morning, Ministerproduced by Brazilian Communication Company (EBC).
Alckmin recalled that there was no type of executive order from the Trump administration that actually imposes the sanction on Iran. “We hope it will not be applied. Because an export tax is a regulatory tax, that’s another logic. And that would apply to the entire world.”
“Europe, for example, also exports to Iran. Germany, many countries have foreign trade,” he said. “Let’s hope and work so that this doesn’t happen,” he added.
The minister also said that Brazil has no dispute with anyone.
“In Brazil, the last war is more than a century old. Brazil is a country of peace and, whenever it can, it works to promote peace. What we want is peace. War leads to death, leads to poverty. It is the failure of good politics.”
Alckmin classified the current geopolitical scenario as a difficult time for the world and a time for Brazil to be more heard.
“We are going to promote peace, strengthen multilateralism, try to improve people’s lives through employment and improved income. This is the good path and this is what Brazil is following.”
*Alex Rodrigues collaborated
