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Romeu Zema - É por isso que as empresas ou FOGEM do Brasil ou SOFREM.
29 statements · 1 politicians · August 17, 2026 · 2 min
Statements by Romeu Zema. 29 transcribed statements, with topic and stance on the ones the analysis classified. Topics: Commercial Policy, Monetary Policy, Electoral Strategy.
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I was heavily criticized for saying this here.
Would you want to have here a 29-inch TV weighing 70 kilos instead of this one?
- For
About: reduce taxation on imports
Brazil's problem is not a lack of protectionism for companies.
- For
About: reduce taxation on imports
It is indeed an excess of tariffs and taxes.
- Neutral
About: reduce taxation on imports
Indeed, Brazil ranks fourth among the countries with the highest import taxes in the world.
- Neutral
About: reduce taxation on imports
Behind the Cayman Islands... Bermuda and Ethiopia.
- Neutral
About: reduce taxation on imports
China, which people so often say protects its national industry, only appears around the 80th position.
- For
About: reduce taxation on imports
And that's exactly what prevents our industries from exporting their products at cheaper, more competitive prices.
- For
About: reduce taxation on imports
Because everything that this industry needs to buy from abroad will pay much more.
- Neutral
About: reduce taxation on imports
Brazil in the trade openness ranking is pro... proportionally more closed than Cuba.
And there's another very interesting fact about this.
Do you know which industry is the most sophisticated in Brazil?
Congratulations.
If you thought that, you said 'the aeronautical industry.'
- Neutral
About: reduce taxation on imports
And the great representation we see is in Embraer, which today is able to go head-to-head with the largest airplane manufacturers in the world.
- Neutral
About: reduce taxation on imports
And that's only possible because the aeronautical industry is one of the only sectors in Brazil that has an exemption from import taxes.
- For
About: reduce taxation on imports
Now just imagine if every sector of our economy had the same openness that the sector that makes airplanes has.
- For
About: reduce taxation on imports
We wouldn't have just one.
in Braer.
- For
About: reduce taxation on imports
We would have dozens, hundreds of companies exporting in various sectors.
- For
About: attract investors and stimulate an investment climate
That's what I did in Minas.
- For
About: attract investors and stimulate an investment climate
Reduce bureaucracy, attract record investments and let those who want to work, work in peace.
- For
About: attract investors and stimulate an investment climate
That's why we attracted more than 530 billion reais in investments.
- For
About: attract investors and stimulate an investment climate
All of that from the private sector, that is, without coming out of the taxpayer's pocket.
- For
About: attract investors and stimulate an investment climate
That's exactly what the whole of Brazil needs.
- For
About: defeat the current government in the elections
We need to stop Lula before he stops Brazil.
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My name is Zema.
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