President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva insisted Brazil can survive without trade with the US and will look to other partners to replace it, a sharp response to Donald Trump after the American leader threatened 50% tariffs against the nation. “We’re going to have to look for other partners to buy our products. Brazil’s trade with the US represents 1.7% of its GDP,” Lula said in a broadcast interview with Record TV on Thursday evening. “It’s not like we can’t survive without the US.”