Chancellor Mauro Vieira Mateus Oliveira/MRE The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Vieira, sent a letter to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to contest the proposal to apply an additional tariff of 12.5% ??on Brazilian products. ?? Do you have any reporting suggestions? Send to g1 In the document, Itamaraty states that the conclusions of the American investigation are "erroneous", "arbitrary" and are not supported by the evidence presented by Brazil throughout the process. ? The USTR is the body responsible for formulating US trade policy. It also conducts investigations into practices considered harmful to American commerce and can recommend measures such as the imposition of tariffs. The demonstration also reinforces the country's historical position that unilateral measures adopted based on Section 301 — a provision of American trade legislation — are incompatible with the multilateral trading system. "The issues raised in this investigation — covering domestic legal regimes and enforcement practices — would be better addressed through international cooperation and engagement, rather than punitive trade measures," says the document signed by Vieira. READ ALSO: Brazil goes to the US to try to stop Trump's tariffs; see the arguments from industry and agriculture USA concludes that Brazil has 'unreasonable' practices and proposes tariffs on national products *Report being updated