{"id":93586,"date":"2025-04-02T16:36:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T19:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/murray.adv.br\/?p=93586"},"modified":"2025-04-02T16:37:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T19:37:02","slug":"congress-advances-bill-enabling-brazil-to-fight-foreign-trade-barriers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/murray.adv.br\/en\/congress-advances-bill-enabling-brazil-to-fight-foreign-trade-barriers\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress advances bill enabling Brazil to fight foreign trade barriers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Proposal inspired by U.S. law clears Senate and moves to Lower House amid Donald Trump\u2019s tariff war<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

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The Senate approved a bill establishing legal mechanisms for the Brazilian government to retaliate against potential trade barriers or protectionist measures affecting the competitiveness of Brazilian products in international trade. Known as the Reciprocity Bill, the proposal passed on Tuesday (1) by the upper house now moves to the Chamber of Deputies for analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The initiative gained traction in Congress amid the tariff war promoted by U.S. President Donald Trump<\/a>. In addition to the previously announced 25% tariffs on Brazilian steel and aluminum imports, Mr. Trump is expected to unveil this Wednesday reciprocal trade tariffs targeting all countries. The U.S. president has dubbed the date \u201cLiberation Day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill was approved by the Senate\u2019s Economic Affairs Committee (CAE) Tuesday morning and later cleared the full Senate in an expedited process. The plenary vote became possible after the Senate president, Davi Alcolumbre (Brazil Union Party), accepted a request from Senator Randolfe Rodrigues (Workers\u2019 Party), the government’s leader in Congress. This allowed the proposal to be immediately sent to the Lower House. If the bill had been forwarded directly from the CAE, it would have faced a five-day waiting period, as established by the internal rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the vote, Lower House Speaker Hugo Motta (Republicans Party) said lawmakers could vote on the bill in the plenary session later this week. The rapporteur in the house will be Congressman Arnaldo Jardim (Citizenship Party). In the Senate plenary, the rapporteur, Senator Tereza Cristina (Progressive Party), said she hoped the Lower House would vote on the bill as soon as this Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs this is an exceptional matter, we are already in talks with leaders to bring it to a plenary vote this week,\u201d Speaker Motta told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proposal was drafted in consultation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MDIC), and the private sector. It was inspired by U.S. legislation and grants powers to the Foreign Trade Chamber (CAMEX) to suspend trade and investment concessions, as well as obligations related to intellectual property rights, in response to unilateral policies or practices by countries or economic blocs that negatively affect the international competitiveness of Brazilian products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill also aims to shield Brazil from what Senator Tereza Cristina described as \u201cdisguised protectionism,\u201d such as the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which will come into effect at the end of the year. The European regulation introduces unilateral measures with environmental requirements that go beyond Brazilian legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill establishes criteria for CAMEX\u2019s intervention in response to three types of actions by other countries: \u201cThose that interfere with Brazil\u2019s legitimate and sovereign choices through threats or the application of trade and investment measures; those that violate or undermine benefits granted to Brazil under any trade agreement; and those that impose unilateral measures based on environmental requirements that are more stringent than the environmental protection standards, rules, and parameters adopted by Brazil\u201d\u2014a clear reference to the EUDR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proposal also authorizes CAMEX\u2019s Strategic Council (CEC) to adopt countermeasures, such as restricting imports of certain products or suspending concessions, either separately or cumulatively. The text indicates that these countermeasures should be \u201cproportional to the economic impact\u201d caused to Brazil by the initial actions of the targeted countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another provision requires the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to conduct diplomatic consultations to \u201cmitigate or nullify the effects of the measures and countermeasures.\u201d CAMEX will also be responsible for establishing mechanisms to periodically monitor the effects of the adopted countermeasures and the progress of negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the tariff dispute with the U.S. government, Senator Tereza Cristina argued during the CAE session that the bill does not encourage tariff retaliation and was drafted to apply to all countries, without targeting specific nations or blocs such as the United States or the European Union. \u201cThis bill is not a retaliation. It is a protection when Brazilian products are retaliated against,\u201d the senator emphasized when casting her vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CAE president, Renan Calheiros (Brazilian Democratic Movement), also rejected the idea that the approval of the bill constituted an attack on the U.S. but defended the tools it provides to the federal government. \u201cIt is undoubtedly a legitimate response to the American tariff hike,\u201d Mr. Calheiros said. \u201cWe are equipping Brazilian legislation with reciprocity mechanisms. If the government chooses to adopt reciprocity measures, it will no longer lack the legal framework to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As previously reported by Valor<\/strong>, the senator\u2019s bill aims to protect all Brazilian goods and products\u2014not just agribusiness\u2014in both economic and environmental terms. The proposal stresses the need for a \u201cclear reaction\u201d by the government and the adoption of a \u201ccredible mechanism\u201d to fight barriers and protectionism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The inclusion of room for negotiation was a new element introduced in Senator Tereza Cristina\u2019s report and differed from the original text authored by Senator Zequinha Marinho (We Can Party). The initial proposal included the concept of environmental reciprocity and sought to create barriers for products from countries with lower environmental protection standards than Brazil\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*By\u00a0Caetano Tonet\u00a0and\u00a0Gabriela Guido\u00a0\u2014 Bras\u00edlia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: Valor International<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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