Brazil's Lula rebukes Trump on tariff threat as Brics bloc remains silent
'I don't think it's very responsible and serious for a president … of a country the size of the US to threaten the world over the internet – it's not right,' Lula said during a news conference at the conclusion of the Brics leaders' summit in Rio de Janeiro.
He said the members of the group of emerging economies were 'sovereign countries' and noted that other nations had the same right to levy taxes as Washington.
'The world has changed. We don't want an emperor,' Lula added.
'Frankly, there are other things and other ways for the president … to talk to other countries. People need to understand that respect is good - we like to give it, and we like to get it in return,' he said.
The Brazilian president was reacting to comments Trump
made on Sunday that he would impose an additional 10 per cent tariffs on imports from Brics members and aligned countries that pursue what he called the group's 'anti-American policies'.
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