US EditionTrump Hits Brazil with 50% Tariffs on Steel, Demands End to Bolsonaro Trial
BRAZIL, JUL 9 – The 50% tariff targets Brazil's imports amid accusations of political persecution and unfair trade, affecting key sectors like coffee and orange juice, with a $7.4 billion US trade surplus in 2024.
- On July 9, 2025, US President Donald Trump declared that starting August 1, America would apply a 50 percent duty on every Brazilian import.
- The tariff was imposed amid rising tensions that included a public disagreement between Trump and Brazil’s leader, Lula, as well as Trump’s assertion that former president Jair Bolsonaro was the target of a politically motivated investigation.
- The US Embassy in Brasilia met Brazil's foreign ministry over a statement defending Bolsonaro and released a statement condemning the political persecution as 'shameful and disrespectful'.
- Trump justified the tariffs citing 'very, very substantial facts' linked in part to Brazil’s 'insidious attacks on Free Elections and Free Speech Rights of Americans'.
- Brazil responded with reciprocal measures, held an emergency meeting on July 9, and its currency fell over 2% amid setbacks for major companies like Embraer and Petrobras.
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