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Trump's 50% Brazil tariff stretches emergency powers already facing court challenge
President Donald Trump announced a blanket 50% tariff on imports from Brazil, citing his anger over the country's treatment ...
Trump’s Brazil tariff ‘sets a scary precedent’ given the U.S. has a trade surplus with the country, economists say
Economists have been expressing alarm over U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to hit Brazil with a 50% tariff on Aug. 1 — the ...
In Brazil, Trump faces a country — and a leader — ready for a fight
Brazil believes it can withstand Trump’s 50 percent tariff, and aides to Lula say he is unlikely to shrink from a ...
Targeting Brazil, Trump Tests Legal Limit of His Tariff Powers
The president signaled he would seek to use the threat of steep levies to reorient trade and protect his political allies.
Lula Tells Trump Brazil Can Survive Without US Trade
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva insisted Brazil can survive without trade with the US and will look to other partners to ...
Analysis as Trump threatens to boost Brazil tariffs over its ‘witch hunt’ trial of former president Bolsonaro
President Donald Trump singled out Brazil for import taxes of 50% on Wednesday for its treatment of its former president, ...
Maddow Blog | 5 major problems with Trump’s radical tariff gambit toward Brazil
Is Donald Trump willing to punish consumers because he hopes to shield Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro from legal ...
Trump sends tariff rate letters and pushes Liberation Day deadline. What does TACO mean?
President Donald Trump has again delayed a tariff deadline. His back and forth on the policy spurred TACO accusations. What ...