A strong response has arisen in Brazil, to “approval” for the newly declared tariffs by the US government on the import of Brazil by the US government, as well as “for the misuse of serious human rights” for “serious human rights misuse of Alexandre de Mores, the Supreme Court of Brazil.
Brazilian President Luiz Insio Lula Da Silva has called American intervention “unacceptable” in Brazil’s legal system. The political inspiration behind the thesis reduces the sovereignty of Brazil and threatens relations between the two countries, Lula said.
From August 6, the US will impose 50% tariffs on Brazil’s imports in the US. To some extent, surprisingly, the example of about 700 Brazilian products was given. But experts have said that it still keeps the average tariff on Brazil’s goods at about 30%. The European Union and Japan are paying only 15% of the tour.
Under the President Donald Trump, the US government has justified its new global tafs by convicting bilateral trade imbalance. The Trump administration has given the prosecution of former President Jair Bolsono as an explanation for punitive tafs. Judge D. Mores is presiding over the trial of Bolsoro, who is accused of having a conspiracy to stay in power despite the 2022 election defeat.
Brazil for ‘ideological reasons’
Individual sanctions on D Morace are under the US Magnitsky Act, which allows the US government to approve foreign government officials worldwide for the human rights officer. Among other things, D Mores could see any property frozen in the US. The US government had already prevented D Mores and other Brazilian Supreme Court judges from entering the country.
“The Magnitsky Act was previously used against the enemies of America,” said Demetrio Magnoli, a sociologist in Brazil, but it was always a basis in human rights. ” “But using it for the first time against a judge in democracy, Trump is shattering the human rights foundation of this law.”
For high tafs, Magnoli told DW that it is not uncommon for Trump to use tafs as a weapon in their business war and deal. “But in the Brazilian case, he is using both Tariff and Magnitsky Act for political and conceptual reasons,” said the commentator. “A unique case worldwide and a direct attack on a democratic country and an American ally.”
Judge D Mores has been seen as an disturbance by American right -wing wings as he blocked the social media platform, X (earlier Twitter) for several weeks in the end of 2024. De Morace demanded that the Brazilian law be violated, which is part of the attempt to break down the voices of Democratic, far-flung.
The owner of the X, billionaire Elon Musk, tried to go around the court-order block and called for Da Mores to impeach.
But D Mores became a goal for the real trump, before the bolsonaro. At the end of 2022, the former President was accused of planning a coup against his successor, Lula, something that could be sentenced to jail for up to 40 years. Bolsoro and his co-assembly meetings have disputed the allegation, and Trump described it as a “witch hunting”.
D Mores, among other things, examined Bolsoro,, among other things, constructed disintegration and blamed the supporters of Bolsono for giving a storm to the government in Brasilia in January 2023. As a result, judges have been in the protector of democracy in Brazil to the left.
But perhaps due to Trump’s similarities – his supporters gave a storm to government buildings in January 2021, and Trump earlier insisted that the 2020 election was “stolen” from him – de Morece’s work has been like a red rip for Brazil’s sharp rights, and now supporters.
Brazil Cat in China-American geopolitical conflict
However, Gilharme, a professor in the Sau Paulo School of Business Administration at the Gateulio Slavas Foundation, sees a bright side. The fact is that, unlike his initial declaration two weeks ago, Trump is allowing several tariffs exposes, which means Brazil performed well in a conversation with the US, he said.
“But clearly shows that Trump’s inspiration is not so much commercial and much politics,” said Kairso. “Especially because Brazil is actually a trade deficit with the US.”
The expert believes that there are three major factors affecting Trump’s attack on Brazil. First, the country has a close relationship with China, which makes Brazil a battleground in geopolitical conflict between the US and China.
Secondly, this battle is ideological: Trump wants to be seen supporting his colleagues around the world. Which included Bolsono. And third, the economic interests of American technical giants: “They don’t want social media regulation,” said Kaisaro.
‘Unacceptable imperialist aggression’
In Brazil, Trump’s attack has triggered Brazilian nationalism specifically on social media.
This is appropriate, sociologist and political commentator Selso Roocha de Bairoos said. He said that he says “American intervention against the Supreme Court of Brazil” as “unacceptable imperialist aggression” and insisted that in the future, Brazil should negotiate economic agreements without “giving an inch on democratic and political issues.”
Rocha de Barros believes that de Morace is real strong after this episode. Even the Supreme Court Justices, who felt more favorable about Bolsonaro, do not want to give anyone the realization that they support the intervention in their own court, they said.
But Demetrio Magnoli believes that America’s attacks on D Mores can actually find favor with parts of the Brazilian population. Many locals are unhappy with their Supreme Court, they said.
This is partially because some people think that judges have a lot of salary, but it is due to high punishment that Magnoli said “useful stupids of the Bolsonaro camp”, especially called in the rioters in January 2023. Some Brazilians believe that D Mores became very powerful during the trial against Bolsoro.
In other ways, Trump’s attacks actually provide opportunities to the President of Brazil. Lula is voting badly, but if he manages to convince the Brazilian Parliament, to help the economy badly from Trump’s Tiffs, he can become more popular again. Magnoli said that the American leader would be contrary to expectation.
This story was original in German.
