Brazil lowers the tone of trade conflict with Argentina

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff's international advisor Marco Aurélio García lowered the tone of the trade conflict that began in Argentina and said that the relationship between both countries "is fine" despite the trade barriers that Brazil imposed on the import of Argentine cars.

“There was a mini-reaction of Brazil, but it has no strategic impact” in the relationship between both countries. García also denied that Roussef is “irritated” and that she allowed the issue to be solved at a ministry level.”

Brazil imposed nontariff trade barriers that were partially lifted, to the import of Argentine cars, which generated a controversy between Industry Minister Débora Giorgi and her Brazilian counterpart, Fernando Pimentel. There was also strong criticisms from the UIA Argentine Industrial Union and Sao Paulo Industries Federation.

García said that only Brazilian producers “have won” with the increase of trade with Argentina, but “it is evdent that we didn’t like how ontariff barriers were affecting Brazilian products.”