(Original title: Retaliation against the United States, Brazil has gone through the process)

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The Brazilian government has been revealed to have taken action to retaliate against the United States.

According to Reuters reports on August 28, two sources revealed that the Brazilian Foreign Ministry had instructed the Brazilian Foreign Trade Commission (Camex) to begin analyzing whether local "contra-sanctions" could be used to counteract the United States.

Earlier this year, the Brazilian parliament passed a bill that established a legal framework to enable Brazil to respond to unilateral trade measures that could be taken against its goods and services, including countermeasures such as tariffs.

According to the report, this move will mark that Latin America's largest economy has escalated its counter-measures against Trump's tariff threat. Earlier, Brazil had started dispute consultations on tariffs in the World Trade Organization (WTO).

The two said that shortly before the process began, Brazil¡¯s President Lula authorized the use of ¡°contra-laws¡± to retaliate against the United States.

They revealed that Camex had 30 days to submit a report on the case. If the use of the ¡°Counter-Counter-Counter-Law¡± is approved, a government working group would decide which areas Brazil should take action against the United States.

Lula and Trump.

Relations between Brazil and the United States have become increasingly tense due to issues such as tariffs, the Bolsonaro case, and de-dollarization, and disputes between the two countries have intensified.

Bolsonaro served as Brazil's president from 2019 to 2022 and is a close ally of Trump. In October 2022, after Bolsonaro failed to run for , he claimed "election fraud." In January 2023, some of his supporters stormed the Brazilian Congress, the Supreme Court, and the Presidential Palace and clashed with law enforcement officials. Since then, Bolsonaro has been criminally charged for allegedly plotting a coup.

On July 30, the Trump administration announced plans to impose tariffs of up to 50% on Brazilian exports. Earlier this month, Trump also called Brazil a ¡°bad trading partner¡± and called the trial of Bosonaro a ¡°political witch hunter.¡±

The U.S. tariffs have affected many of Brazil¡¯s major exports, the largest economy in Latin America, completely destroying the two countries¡¯ centuries-old trade relations and the $2.84 billion trade surplus Brazil created last year.

Reuters quoted informed people as saying that what really ¡°burned¡± Trump was the Brazilian-based BRICS group¡¯s long-term effort to ¡°de-dollarize¡± and you can feel that he is annoyed every time the president sees the BRICS country¡¯s efforts to ¡°de-dollarize,¡± Trump¡¯s White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said, ¡°This Rio meeting made him even more angry.¡±

Lula revealed on August 6th that he planned to talk to China and India first to discuss how BRICS countries could jointly respond to the tariffs imposed by Trump.

At the cabinet meeting on August 26, Lula and a group of officials put on the blue hat of "Brazil belongs to Brazilians" Brazilian media

"It's ridiculous that the U.S. government acts as if it is the emperor of the earth." On the 26th local time, Brazilian President Lula once again lashed out at the Trump administration, vowing that Brazil is willing to sit down and negotiate with the United States on equal terms and will never accept being treated as a "vassal".

According to Brazil's "Globe", at a cabinet meeting held that day, Lula criticized U.S. President Trump for imposing tariffs on Brazilian products, the Gaza issue and other interference in other countries 'internal affairs. Lula and Brazilian ministers also wore a blue hat that read "Brazil belongs to Brazilians" in response to the U.S."Make America Great Again"(MAGA) group.

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Brazilian president celebrates the connotation of Chinese companies opening factories and the United States and Europe: Anyone who wants to leave can leave

On August 15 local time, Brazilian President Lula attended the inauguration ceremony of Great Wall Motor's factory in Ilasemapolis, Sao Paulo.

"Made in Brazil, proud!" Lula posted on the social media X platform: "This means that Brazil will usher in more industry, more jobs and more technology! Brazil is accelerating towards the future!"

Screenshot of Lula's tweet

According to Reuters, Mr. Lula told the ceremony that the Brazilian government welcomed foreign companies to do business in Brazil, while also referring to US and Western companies leaving the Brazilian market. "Count on the Brazilian government," he said. "Those who want to leave will leave, and those who want to come will be welcomed with open arms."

In his speech, Lula criticized US President Trump for imposing a 50% tariff on Brazilian goods, which caused Brazil to face "unnecessary turmoil". Earlier this month, Lula said that he would talk to the BRICS group, including China, to discuss how to deal with Trump's tariff threat.

Lula pointed out that in the event that American companies such as Ford and German companies such as Mercedes have been evacuated from Brazil, companies such as Long Wall Automobile chose to enter.

On the 15th, Lula and Vice President Alkmin attended the inauguration ceremony of the Great Wall Motor Factory. Brazilian media

The Brazilian "Global" that China's electric car manufacturer, Long Wall Automobile, opened the Yaroslavl plant on the 15th, with the goal of starting production of 30,000 cars annually by the end of 2025 and creating 1,000 jobs. Long Wall Automobile is expected to invest 4 billion reais (approximately 53,2 billion yuan) in Brazil by 2026 and another 6 billion reais is expected to be invested between 2027 and 2032.

According to reports, Great Wall Motors' factory in Iracemapolis, formerly the headquarters of Mercedes-Benz, stopped production in December 2020 after four years of operation due to "Brazilian market conditions and epidemic". Great Wall Motors has since acquired the plant, which includes 1.20 million square meters of land, all buildings and production equipment.

Coincidentally, after more than a century in business, Ford Motor shut its Camassari plant in Brazil's Bahia state in 2021, citing the dire economic situation, leaving thousands of workers unemployed. In July 2023, BYD took over the abandoned factory and announced that it would set up a large production base complex.

The Long Wall Car Factory in San Paolo, Illinois

The company is the first to receive the Mover certification from the Brazilian federal government and will focus on the production of hybrid and electric vehicles in the future. The company will provide electric platforms (hybrid vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles and electric vehicles) and smart connectivity platforms to Brazilian factories.

Brazilian Vice President Alckmin said at the ceremony: "Great Wall Motors has greatly promoted the development of the whole production chain, especially the auto parts industry. At present, 700 jobs have been created here. By the beginning of next year, it is expected that there will be an increase of 1,300 and 10,000 indirect jobs will be created. After all, the supply chain of the automobile industry is very long."

China's ambassador to Brazil, Xi Jinping, said: "Today, China-Pakistan cooperation not only has established a solid foundation in traditional fields such as energy, agriculture, telecommunications, infrastructure, but is rapidly expanding to emerging fields such as the digital economy, green economy, pharmaceutical industry, artificial intelligence, aerospace."

¡°Large Wall Automobile is rewriting the rules of the Brazilian automotive industry,¡± Brazil¡¯s Rio Times on Friday that the company just opened a new factory, officially becoming the first company to produce plug-in hybrid vehicles in Brazil, joining the ranks of global automakers made in Brazil.

The introduction of plug-in hybrid vehicles locally in Brazil is more than the car itself, but also marks Brazil¡¯s becoming a new battlefield for global automakers and a new regional automotive innovation hub.