Brazil’s President Lula Responds to Trump Tariffs: Trump Was Not Elected To Be ‘the Emperor of the World’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT Amanpour Mr ░░░░░░░░ welcome back to our ░░░░░░░░ I want to ask ░░░░░░░░ first what does it ░░░░░░░░ like to be slapped ░░░░░░░░ a 50 tariff by ░░░░░░░░ United States the world ░░░░░░░░ biggest economy DA SILVA ░░░░░░░░ Christiane for me it ░░░░░░░░ a surprise Not only ░░░░░░░░ value of that tariff ░░░░░░░░ also how it was ░░░░░░░░ the way it was ░░░░░░░░ I think we re ░░░░░░░░ a little bit of ░░░░░░░░ on President Trump s ░░░░░░░░ and he knows that ░░░░░░░░ problem of this sort ░░░░░░░░ is solved in a ░░░░░░░░ table around the bargaining ░░░░░░░░ So what do we ░░░░░░░░ We were negotiating with ░░░░░░░░ U S Already for ░░░░░░░░ months My foreign affairs ░░░░░░░░ the vice president of ░░░░░░░░ republic which is also ░░░░░░░░ minister for industry and ░░░░░░░░ and commerce were negotiating ░░░░░░░░ since March we ve ░░░░░░░░ a proposal to the ░░░░░░░░ S government After 10 ░░░░░░░░ we send a proposal ░░░░░░░░ may the 16th saying ░░░░░░░░ we wanted and what ░░░░░░░░ a possible for us ░░░░░░░░ reach an agreement for ░░░░░░░░ surprise instead of a ░░░░░░░░ to the letter that ░░░░░░░░ sent we received the ░░░░░░░░ published in the presence ░░░░░░░░ Trump s side It ░░░░░░░░ not a letter said ░░░░░░░░ by diplomatic means I ░░░░░░░░ it was a mistake ░░░░░░░░ mistake because the letter ░░░░░░░░ President Trump is full ░░░░░░░░ things that are not ░░░░░░░░ First of all the ░░░░░░░░ system in Brazil is ░░░░░░░░ The president of the ░░░░░░░░ cannot interfere in the ░░░░░░░░ Branch of power Second ░░░░░░░░ that the trade deficit ░░░░░░░░ is not true the ░░░░░░░░ States in last 15 ░░░░░░░░ a surplus of 410 ░░░░░░░░ vis a vis Brazil ░░░░░░░░ thirdly if we re ░░░░░░░░ to charge a tax ░░░░░░░░ big tax in Brazil ░░░░░░░░ s a problem of ░░░░░░░░ Brazilian government If we ░░░░░░░░ a high tax and ░░░░░░░░ don t they don ░░░░░░░░ agree We can establish ░░░░░░░░ negotiation with the government ░░░░░░░░ is how the world ░░░░░░░░ with multilateralism That s ░░░░░░░░ the trade world trade ░░░░░░░░ and how Brazil acts ░░░░░░░░ we cannot have is ░░░░░░░░ Trump forgetting that he ░░░░░░░░ elected to govern the ░░░░░░░░ S he was elected ░░░░░░░░ to be the emperor ░░░░░░░░ the world It would ░░░░░░░░ much better to establish ░░░░░░░░ negotiation first and then ░░░░░░░░ reach the possible agreement ░░░░░░░░ we re two countries ░░░░░░░░ we had very good ░░░░░░░░ and we have good ░░░░░░░░ for 200 years And ░░░░░░░░ he s breaking away ░░░░░░░░ any protocol any literature ░░░░░░░░ should exist between the ░░░░░░░░ between two heads of ░░░░░░░░ It was very unpleasant ░░░░░░░░ re trying to talk ░░░░░░░░ the people there but ░░░░░░░░ re also preparing ourselves ░░░░░░░░ give an answer to ░░░░░░░░ What I ve been ░░░░░░░░ publicly is that we ░░░░░░░░ use all the words ░░░░░░░░ exist in the dictionary ░░░░░░░░ trying to negotiate If ░░░░░░░░ don t manage to ░░░░░░░░ an agreement I can ░░░░░░░░ you that we will ░░░░░░░░ to the world trade ░░░░░░░░ or we can gather ░░░░░░░░ group of countries to ░░░░░░░░ or we can use ░░░░░░░░ reciprocity law that was ░░░░░░░░ this bill by the ░░░░░░░░ Congress This is how ░░░░░░░░ s going to work ░░░░░░░░ regret I regret that ░░░░░░░░ countries that have an ░░░░░░░░ relationship of 201 years ░░░░░░░░ to be fighting—“