Brazilian President Lula said in an interview with British Broadcasting Company on September 17, that the U.S. tariffs on Brazil will significantly increase the price of Brazilian U.S. products, and the American people will pay for it.

Since August, the United States has imposed a 40% ad valorem tariff on Brazilian products exported to the United States, on the grounds that US President Trump believes that former Brazilian President Bolsonaro has been "politically persecuted". Lula said that this move will greatly increase the prices of Brazilian products such as coffee and meat exported to the United States. "The American people have to pay for Trump's mistakes in the relationship between the two countries".

When asked about his relationship with Trump, Lula replied, ¡°I have no personal relationship with Trump because I am not the president of Brazil when he was elected president.¡±

Brazil's Supreme Court announced on November 11 that Bolsonaro was found guilty of plotting a coup and sentenced to 27 years and 3 months in prison. Bolsonaro became the first former president in Brazil's history to be convicted of plotting a coup.

Lula said in an interview with Brazilian media on December 12, that the president of one country cannot interfere in the internal affairs of another country.Brazil is not afraid of the new sanctions imposed by the United States on Pakistan, and will respond according to the US initiative.