Commercial Policy

That the rare earths are God sending a message to Brazilians.

Now, we're losing this war, we've already lost to globalization, we're importing photovoltaic, we're importing wind power, we're importing battery-powered buses.

And we're buying their electric cars.

The Manaus Free Trade Zone, for example, doesn't work.

So, of course it's a distortion, and this distortion needs to be corrected.

From 2015 to 2022, Brazilian industry regressed, declining by 1.6%.

They left Ford in Bahia.

Mercedes here in Iracemápolis, Vibraz in Jacareí, Sony in Manaus, Troller in Ceará, Audi in Paraná, and under President Lula's government, industry from 2023 to 2025 grew 3.2%.