05/23/2024 – 13:10
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said this Thursday, 23, that he is willing to negotiate with the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Arthur Lira (PP-AL), about the proposal that provides for the taxation of international purchases of up to 50 dollars , while also saying that he could veto the measure if it is approved by Congress.
In an interview with journalists before the arrival of the president of Benin, Patrice Talon, at the Palácio do Planalto, Lula said that people who can travel enjoy exemptions for purchases abroad and that it would not be fair to impose tariffs on poorer people who buy what he called “trinkets” from abroad on the internet.
“How are you going to ban poor people, girls and young women who want to buy a trinket, a hair business?”, Lula told journalists. “I don’t even know if these trinkets compete with what is produced in Brazil, I don’t know.”
The president was asked if he would veto the taxation if it is approved and initially signaled yes, at the same time as expressing his intention to negotiate the issue with the Chamber.
“The tendency is to veto, but the tendency can also be to negotiate,” he said. “There is no planned meeting (with Lira), but if he wants to talk, I, after the president of Benin, are available.”
On Wednesday, the Chamber of Deputies postponed the vote on the proposal due to the lack of agreement on the topic. Understand the change in taxation being discussed in Congress.
In the conversation with journalists, the president said that these international purchases, made mainly on websites of Chinese retailers such as Shein, Shopee and AliExpress, are widely disseminated and defended the negotiation of a middle ground, amid complaints from Brazilian retailers who point out a unfair competition due to the non-taxation of these purchases.
“Yesterday I told (vice-president Geraldo) Alckmin: ‘your wife buys it, my wife buys it, your daughter buys it, everyone’s daughter buys it, Lira’s daughter buys it, everyone buys it’”, he said Squid. “What we need is to try to find a way to not try to help some by harming others, but try to do something uniform. We are willing to talk and find a way out,” she assured.
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