The General Council of the Senate approved, on Tuesday (1), the draft law that seeks to protect Brazilian trade in international negotiations, called economic ideal (PL 2088/2023). In a rare climate of the union between the government and the opposition, the text was unanimously nullified with 70 votes.
The text was first transferred by the Economic Affairs Committee (CAE) on a final basis and will follow directly to consider the House of Representatives. However, at the request of the government leader in Congress, Senator Randolph Rodriguez (PT-AP), the draft law was transferred to voting in the year of Casa Alta.
The government leader in the House of Representatives, Jack Wagner, celebrated the fact that the opposition and the government are not always on the “opposite sides”.
“There are topics related to the national economy, Defending the national economyOr other topics that the national interest speaks with a higher voice. This text provides similarly Treatment by the federal government tools that I hope you don’t need to use. But if an attack on national products is achieved, of course we do not want to fight, but we will not be hidden. “
The article, which had the relationship The tariff of the president of the states United, Donald Trump, and to what is possible The restrictions imposed by the Union European to Brazilian meat and soy production in heavy areas.
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PL was transferred to the Senate’s plenary session after Randolph collected signatures for an urgent request to vote in this regard. This was an alternative to preventing the project from waiting for the deadline for the regiment for a period of five days, which is required when the issue is peripheral and needs the attractiveness of voting in the plenary session.
According to Randolfe, the idea was that the vote would happen tomorrow in the House of Representatives. However, CASA BAIXA President, Hugo Motta (Republicans-PB)He is expected to vote on the project in the plenary session on Thursday (3).
