© Reuters. U.S. President Joe Biden holds a bilateral assembly with Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro in the course of the Ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 9, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
By Lisandra Paraguassu
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden has promised his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro that the USA will rethink tariffs levied on Brazilian metal as they held a bilateral assembly on Thursday, two Brazil authorities sources stated.
Though no choices had been made, Bolsonaro left the bilateral assembly with a promise from the U.S. president that the problem can be analyzed in conferences between the 2 nations within the coming months.
“President Biden stated he had no particulars on the problem proper now, however would verify in and the matter can be taken up with the technical groups of the 2 nations as quickly as attainable,” one of many sources stated.
The topic was mentioned in the course of the non-public assembly between the 2 presidents on Thursday, the place solely the Brazilian chancellor, Carlos Franca, and U.S. Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken had been additionally in attendance.
“We’ve had indicators that this subject have to be addressed. The reality is that the one who’s benefiting from this tariff now’s Russia,” stated the opposite supply. “The expectation is that this can be resolved shortly.”
The 2 presidents met on the ongoing Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles in what had been anticipated to be an “awkward” assembly.
