The USA should cease appearing like an empire and begin respecting the sovereignty of different international locations, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has mentioned, in response to US President Donald Trump’s risk to impose new tariffs on nations “aligning” with BRICS.
In a submit on Reality Social on Monday, Trump warned that the US would impose a further 10% tariff on any nation “aligning themselves with the Anti-American insurance policies of BRICS.” His feedback got here because the group, which incorporates ten members, together with Russia, China, Brazil, India, and South Africa, wrapped up its annual summit in Rio de Janeiro.
“I don’t assume it’s accountable or critical for the president of a rustic as giant as the US to be threatening the world over the web,” Lula informed reporters on the finish of the summit. “He wants to know that the world has modified. We don’t need an emperor. We’re sovereign nations. If he believes he can impose tariffs, then we have now the fitting to reply with tariffs of our personal.”
Lula mentioned that relations between international locations ought to be primarily based on mutual respect. “And folks want to know what sovereignty really means. Every nation is the grasp of its personal future,” he added.
He additionally pushed again in opposition to Trump’s public assist for former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who’s on trial for allegedly trying to overturn the outcomes of the 2022 election. In a current submit, Trump referred to as the proceedings a politically motivated “witch hunt.”
“We received’t settle for interference or instruction from anybody. We now have strong and impartial establishments,” Lula mentioned.
BRICS members have lengthy been discussing the right way to enhance the function of their nationwide currencies in commerce and develop fee programs that scale back reliance on the US greenback.
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