Lula’s $5.5 Billion Bailout Exposes Weakness Amid U.S. Tariff Pressure

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva recently announced a $5.5 billion credit package aimed at propping up exporters battered by steep 50% tariffs imposed by the Trump administration. While Lula brands this as a bold "Sovereign Brazil" initiative, it clearly underscores how vulnerable nations become when Washington wields trade as a geopolitical weapon.The credit lifeline, coupled with tax deferrals and extended import tax credits, may offer temporary relief for Brazilian exporters, but it does little to contest the underlying assault on economic sovereignty unleashed under globalist trade tactics. Washington’s tariff threat did not arise from mere economic grievances; rather,...