The president of Brazil, Lula da Silvastated that he intends to maintain a position “pragmatics” with USA after the arrival of the republican donald trump to the presidency. Despite this, the Brazilian president warned that on issues where there are discrepancies “will close your face“and will not do business.
The relationship between the United States and Brazil
During an event in Brasilia, the Brazilian president spoke about Trump’s arrival to the White House. The different countries of the world are beginning to prepare for the change of mandate of one of the strongest economies in the world.
In this scenario, Lula recalled that, during his two previous terms – including so far this current one – he always maintained good relations with the different US presidents. Thus, the Brazilian president explained that he hopes to be able to maintain this line with Trumpdespite ideological differences.
“We are the ones who have to believe in ourselves. I want to do all this without fighting with the United States. “I don’t care if the president is Trump, Biden or Obama.”detailed the Brazilian.
Then, the representative of the most important economy in South America warned: “I want to know that Brazil has sovereign interests, they have sovereign interests and our interests have to converge. Where there is a difference, we close our faces and do not do business.” Along these same lines, Lula closed his speech with a ccriticism towards the decline of US investments in Brazil.
Mercosur-EU Agreement: Lula affirms that France cannot stop it and will try to sign it this year
Lula da Silva is going strong in his foreign policy and, this Wednesday, he rejected the idea that France could block the agreement between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur. “They don’t decide anything anymore, who decides is the European Commission“he stated.
Lula’s response comes after the president of France, Emmanuel Macronwill rule out that his country supports the agreement between both regional blocks in the terms that are proposed today. “We do not believe in the agreement as negotiated“, he announced a few days ago and reiterated it during his meeting in Casa Rosada with its Argentine counterpart, Javier Milei.
Given this, Lula ruled out that it is enough for him to fall. “If the French do not want the agreement, they don’t decide anything anymorewho decides is the European Commission,” he said during an industry forum in Brasilia.
“Ursula von der Leyen (president of the European Commission) has the power to seal that agreement and I intend to sign it even this year,” warned the Brazilian president.
The current terms of the agreement between the EU and the four Mercosur countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) It was agreed in 2019, but there were European countries, including France, Italy and Poland, that They never joined due to pressure from their agricultural sectors in their countries.
Source: Ambito
