Brazil’s Lula slams Trump’s Hormuz tariff plans as ‘piracy’
- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva accused US President Donald Trump of turning the United States into a "pirate" state after Trump announced a 20% toll on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
- Trump declared that the US would collect fees on commercial vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz and vowed to reinstate a naval blockade targeting Iranian ships.
- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the United Nations' International Maritime Organization stated that no country has legal authority to impose mandatory transit fees on ships using the Strait of Hormuz, calling it an international waterway.
- Lula linked Trump's tariff plans and the related conflict to rising living costs, including higher fuel and food prices in Brazil, noting that the government is using tax revenues to cushion consumers against these hikes.
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The United States launched new massive strikes on Iran ahead of the planned reinstatement of the blockade of Iranian ports on Tuesday evening, July 14. Just as Tehran wants to impose service fees, Donald Trump now wants to receive, in exchange for protecting the Strait of Gibraltar, "compensation equivalent to 20% of the value of the cargoes." This measure has been sharply criticized by Brazilian President Lula.
‘Pirates of Hormuz’: Brazil PM Lula attacks Trump's 20% shipping toll, calls it ‘piracy’
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has openly criticized Donald Trump's suggestion to impose a fee on ships traversing the Strait of Hormuz, branding the U.S. as a 'pirate state.' Trump claimed that the U.S. would assume the role of guardian over this vital waterway. This development emerges amid increased U.S.
Trump wants to demand a fee to guard the Strait of Hormuz, but it gets a cool reception from the Secretary of State.
US President Donald Trump is planning to impose a 20% toll on cargo ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz. This has angered Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Lula called Trump's move piracy and said the US has no right to charge ships transiting international waterways.
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