Preview: Colleague Ernesto Araújo Reports on the Trade War and Brazil — and the Politics of Trade for Brasilia. More.
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
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🗓️ 28 April 2025
⏱️ 2 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is John Batchel, conversation with colleague Ernesto Arousa, former foreign minister to the Republic of Brazil, |
| 0:07.6 | about the tariff and the trade war, and what does it mean for Brazil? |
| 0:12.8 | Ernesto's evaluation of this is it's a good thing for Brazil. |
| 0:17.3 | The tariffs are not heavy, maybe 10%. |
| 0:20.0 | There's lots of business out there for Brazil. |
| 0:23.0 | However, the irony is the leadership in Brazil wants to object and does object, even though there are better deals. |
| 0:31.9 | Here's an Esther to explain. |
| 0:33.9 | The rivalry from Buenos Aires to Brasil, Brazil, heats up here. |
| 0:39.1 | One side is left of center, that's Lula de Silva in Brazil. |
| 0:43.1 | One side is right of center, that's Javier Malay in Buenos Aires. |
| 0:47.3 | And right now, after years of neglect, |
| 0:50.1 | Buenos Aires' economy is awakening like |
| 0:54.4 | Rip and Winkle |
| 0:55.9 | whereas Brazil |
| 0:57.6 | well listen to Ernesto |
| 0:59.4 | politics |
| 1:00.3 | Trump over |
| 1:01.7 | that's an |
| 1:03.4 | empire name |
| 1:04.0 | politics win out |
| 1:06.2 | over |
| 1:06.6 | good economics and |
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