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Here Is What to Know About Trump’s 50% Tariffs on Brazil
Except the why....Huey » 18 Aug 2025, 2:31 pm » wrote: ↑ There is NO Issue with posts on this topic will go to PG.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/worl ... -lula.html
The 50 percent tariffs President Trump imposed on Brazil this week are some of the highest he has applied on any country this year as he reshapes a global trading system he deems unfair to the United States.
But the United States actually has had a trade surplus with Brazil for over a decade.Instead, Mr. Trump is targeting Brazil largely for political reasons — the prosecution of Jair Bolsonaro, his ally, who is accused of plotting a coup after he lost the last presidential election.
Mr. Trump has called the case a “witch hunt.’’ He is also targeting a Brazilian Supreme Court justice he believes is unfairly censoring conservative voices online.
Yet the tariffs were softened by hundreds of exceptions, including on some of Brazil’s most important exports to the American market, which could make the effect on Brazil’s economy less severe.