US Trade Probe of Brazil Weaponizes Negotiations, Lula Aide Says

A US trade probe suddenly ordered by President Donald Trump on Brazil sent shockwaves through President Luiz Inacio da Silva’s government, according to a senior Brazilian diplomat who described it as an unwarranted threat that has helped to plunge relations to their lowest point in over a century.

In an interview, Celso Amorim, Lula’s top foreign policy adviser, sharply criticized the so-called Section 301 trade investigation into allegedly unfair restrictions on US exports to Latin America’s largest economy.