00:00And we were surprised with the impact of the imposed tariffs.
00:04What I want to talk with Trump is the relationship between Brazil and the U.S.
00:07If we would not allow any more is that our critical minerals and our rare earth would be exploited,
00:14as the iron ore was exploited for so many years.
00:17I also would like to say to President Trump that we don't want a new Cold War.
00:22Actually, the agenda that I want to discuss with the North American president
00:28is broader than just critical minerals.
00:32We have diplomatic relations with the U.S. for more than 200 years.
00:37It's a very sound and solid relationship.
00:39And we were surprised with the impact of the imposed tariffs
00:43because it was done in a way that was an anomaly.
00:48Because it was something, you can't just imagine that you would receive such a news
00:54through the Twitter, a country to put tariffs against another country.
00:59Before that, the ministers of industry and commerce,
01:01they would make a meeting to put the tariffs.
01:04And this was through the Twitter.
01:06So we were very cautious.
01:07You know that very well.
01:08I have in my mind the idea not to make any decisions.
01:13When I got fever around 39 degrees, we have to wait for the fever to go down.
01:17And then you make a decision.
01:18And I think that we made the right decisions vis-à-vis the tariff issues.
01:23And some things were lowered by the government, the U.S. government themselves.
01:28And now they made another decision of the Supreme Court going against what President Trump was doing.
01:35Of course, I cannot judge the Supreme Court's rulings of another country.
01:40And even less from being from another country.
01:42But what I want to talk with Trump is the relationship between Brazil and the U.S.
01:47We're the two largest democracies of the Americas.
01:50We are two men of 80 years of age, so we cannot play around with democracy.
01:58We have to take this very seriously.
02:00On the phone call, I told President Trump, we have to shake hands, look eye to eye, person in person,
02:07and to discuss what is best for the U.S. and Brazil.
02:10And there's no veto.
02:12There's nothing forbidden in terms of issues around the negotiation table.
02:18We'll put everything on the table.
02:19If we want to fight organized crime, we can fight organized crime.
02:23If we should build partnerships with Brazil, if we can explore and exploit mineral – critical minerals,
02:30if the processing happens in Brazil, we can talk – what we will not allow anymore is that our critical
02:36minerals
02:36and our rare earth would be exploited as the iron ore was exploited for so many years,
02:42and we should just dig a hole, and then we would just sell it abroad.
02:46No, we want to transform – process it in Brazil, so that's why we want to create a National Council
02:52of Mineral Policies
02:54subordinated to the President's office so that we can take this more seriously in dealing with this new wealth
03:04that is being presented in this moment of transition – of energy transition that the world is so much in
03:10need.
03:11So my agenda with President Trump is a very long agenda.
03:16It's a big agenda.
03:17On my side, I'm going to discuss trade.
03:19I'm going to discuss partnerships with universities.
03:23I'm going to discuss about the people of Brazil that live in the U.S., the immigrants.
03:30And I'll discuss any matter that he may wish to do, and even investment.
03:35It's been a long time that we haven't had investment from the U.S. and Brazil.
03:39I don't know what's his agenda, but I hope that after this meeting in Washington,
03:44we can guarantee that we've started to get a very civilized relation once again
03:51that is highly respectful from each country and that we're not going to talk anymore.
03:59And we'll always talk on the phone when there's some need for Brazil and U.S. to talk.
04:03And I also would like to say to President Trump that we don't want a new Cold War.
04:09We do not want to have interference in any other country.
04:13We want to have equal relations with all countries.
04:17We want to treat all countries in equal conditions
04:20and receive from them the same treatment in equal quotations, an equalitarian treatment.
04:33We want to treat them as well.
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