US EditionSenate approves bipartisan resolution to end tariffs on Brazil
- On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate approved a resolution to nullify President Donald Trump's tariffs on Brazil, covering oil, coffee and orange juice, and would end national emergencies justifying 50% tariffs.
- Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat, invoked a decades-old law to force votes letting Congress block a president's emergency powers, while lower courts have found most tariffs illegal, adding pressure.
- Republican senators including Susan Collins of Maine, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Thom Tillis of North Carolina voted with every Democrat, defying Vice President JD Vance's urging and following GOP defections in April.
- However, the measure faces immediate hurdles since the Republican-controlled House passed rules blocking its vote and President Donald Trump would almost certainly veto it.
- The Census Bureau reports a U.S. trade surplus with Brazil last year, while President Donald Trump linked tariffs to Brazil's policies and former President Jair Bolsonaro's prosecution, and Senator Tim Kaine framed votes as a response to repeated economic harm.
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The Senate voted Tuesday to put an end to the 50 percent tariffs that President Trump imposed on Brazil, with a handful of Republicans crossing party lines to help push forward a measure that rejects the emergency declaration used to justify them. Although the resolution faces great difficulties in the House of Representatives, where Republicans have taken extraordinary measures to hinder the presentation of such measures, the vote pointed to a …
McConnell Among GOP Senators Joining Democrats in Vote to Scrap Trump Tariffs on Brazil
The Senate voted on Tuesday to advance a resolution to end President Donald Trump's tariffs on Brazilian imports, marking an unusual bipartisan challenge to the administration's trade policy. Five Republicans — including former Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell — joined all Democrats in supporting the measure.
Five Republicans have joined a Democratic resolution in the U.S. Senate, aiming to put an end to fines of 50 percent against Brazil, but opposition to Trump threatens to fail.
5 GOP Senators Join Dems to Block Trump Tariffs
The Senate on Tuesday voted to approve a resolution to block President Trump's tariffs on Brazil, with five Republicans siding with Democrats in a move widely seen as a rebuke to the president's trade policies. The 52-48 vote, led by Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, aims to end the...
US Senate rejects Trump tariffs on Brazil as coffee prices spike
A barista prepares a coffee drink. (Nazar Abbas Photography via Getty Images)WASHINGTON — Five Republican U.S. senators joined Democrats Tuesday to terminate President Donald Trump’s national emergency that triggered steep tariffs on goods from Brazil. The vote came ahead of a major case before the Supreme Court that could decide whether many of the president’s tariffs violate the Constitution. Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul of Kentucky, al…
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