Brazil's Bolsonaro says confident Trump will listen to tariff concerns

Brazil
# 02 December 2019 19:46 (UTC +04:00)

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday he is almost certain U.S. President Trump will listen to Brazil’s economic concerns, after Trump said earlier he would re-impose tariffs on Brazilian and Argentine steel and aluminum, APA reports citing Reuters.

“Their economy is not comparable with ours, it’s many times bigger. I don’t see this as retaliation,” Bolsonaro said in a radio interview with Brazil’s Radio Itatiaia.

“I’m going to call him so that he doesn’t penalize us ... Our economy basically comes from commodities, it’s what we’ve got. I hope that he understands and that he doesn’t penalize us with this, and I’m almost certain he’ll listen to us,” he said.

#
#

THE OPERATION IS BEING PERFORMED