US EditionTrump announces 50% tariff on Brazil in retaliation for Bolsonaro trial, trade deficit
UNITED STATES, JUL 9 – The 50% tariff targets Brazil amid accusations of unfair trade and political persecution of former President Bolsonaro, with the tax effective August 1, escalating bilateral tensions.
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced that beginning August 1, the United States will apply a 50% tax on goods imported from Brazil.
- Trump linked this tariff to Brazil’s trial of former president Jair Bolsonaro, who testified in June over an alleged 2022 election coup plot.
- Brazil is a key supplier of orange juice and coffee to the U.S., providing 81% of orange juice imports and about 35% of unroasted coffee.
- Trump indicated that tariffs would be avoided if Brazil or its companies chose to produce goods domestically in the United States, while JPMorgan described the proposed 50% tariff as “most surprising.”
- The tariff decision raises questions about U.S.-Brazil trade relations despite the U.S. running a $6.8 billion surplus with Brazil last year and may deepen political tensions.
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On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump announced the application of a 50% tariff to imports from Brazil in retaliation for the judicial process against former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023)."In part due to Brazil's insidious attacks on free elections and the fundamental rights of freedom of expression of Americans, as of August 1, 2025, we will charge a 50% tariff on each and every Brazilian product to the United States, apart f…
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