the united states opposed the agreement. in march 1977, jimmy carter took measures against both brazil and germany: he pressed two american banks, the chase manhattan bank and the eximbank, to suspend all financing activities negotiated with brazil, and halted the supply of enriched uranium to germany. he wanted to compel both countries to either renounce the agreement or to revise it so as to give space to the introduction of comprehensive safeguards similar to those established by the npt. he also wanted the construction of the nuclear reactor factories to be canceled.