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U.S. government claims of unfair trade practices for bypassing traditional credit networks like Visa and Mastercard.

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[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Then those companies can leave Brazil. What happened to free market?

[–] throws_lemy@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In general, the U.S. govt will impose higher tariffs on your products. Or cut off funding for infrastructure or humanitarian projects.

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The United Mafia of America

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well that doesn't sound very "free market"...

[–] SolarMyth@aussie.zone 15 points 2 weeks ago

Help! We can't extract wealth from Brazil! It's unfair!

[–] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

PIX is awesome. Fuck credit card fees.

[–] BehavioralClam@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean it's basically QR direct transfers. Most countries do it.

[–] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's still awesome even (or especially) if everyone does it. Visa, Mastercard and the like are obsolete social parasites thanks to these services.

Also, you don't even need a QR code for PIX. Just knowing the person's phone number or CPF is enough.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

A better question is why the US can't figure out this kind of payment system. Isn't Trump supposed to be the crypto President?

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago

It's very hard to figure out a solution when you directly profit from workarounds

[–] tacoplease@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Ah, I see why there's confusion... He's the criminal president and should be in a crypt ...

[–] Vandalismo@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

I dream of seeing american politicians starving

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Lol! Not even the English-speaking media is caring to pretend the US has any reason to look.

They even got into the trap of asking a Brazilian what he thinks of the "fraud risk" thing English-speakers talk so much about...

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

that's what US imperialism looks like most of the time, under threat of bombs and sanctions.

not a trump thing at all either. it's an US thing.

[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

🌎 🧑‍🚀 🔫 🧑‍🚀 exactly.

includes every democrat since the dawn of time too.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

if it helps, the US is imperialistic towards its own citizens

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago

YOU ARENT PAYING US FOR THR PRIVILEGE OF US ROBBING YPU BLIND, ITS UNFAIR, UNFAIR

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Wait until Europe does the same...