Kim Kataguiri: So, unfortunately, Brazil, like over the last 40 years, didn't do its homework, didn't implement tax reform, didn't implement administrative reform, didn't invest in infrastructure, didn't invest in workforce training; Brazil fell behind other emerging countries and we have a very weak domestic economy that does not put us in a position.
Kim Kataguiri: to defend ourselves adequately against Trump's tariff barrage, which is doing its role of defending the United States' interests.
I have no illusions, as some on the right tend to believe that Trump is concerned with freedom of expression in Brazil or anything else.
Kim Kataguiri: Trump is concerned with the United States, the same way he imposes tariffs on other countries around the world.
Kim Kataguiri: Unfortunately, the Brazilian political class, which is not concerned with Brazil and did not strengthen our economy in past decades, so that we wouldn't be in a pathetic position of being a hostage to China and the United States and of constantly hearing insults from the European Union, we wouldn't be in this position if we had solved our domestic problems long ago.