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Trump Hits Brazil With 50% Tariff
The Philippine Star
|July 11, 2025
WASHINGTON (AFP)—US President Donald Trump announced a 50-percent tariff on Wednesday targeting Brazil as he blasted the trial of the country's ex-leader, and said a US "national security" levy on copper would begin in August.
"International disgrace." Bolsonaro is facing trial over accusations he plotted a coup after his narrow 2022 election loss to Lula.
In response to Trump's tariff letter, Lula warned of possible reciprocation, writing on X that "any unilateral tariff increases will be addressed in light of the Brazilian Law of Economic Reciprocity."
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