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Trump announces 50% tariff on Brazil in retaliation for Bolsonaro trial, trade deficit (www.cnbc.com)
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President Donald Trump said Wednesday the U.S. will slap a 50% tariff on Brazil’s imports, partly in retaliation for the ongoing prosecution of the country’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro.

Trump said the new tariff — a massive jump from the 10% rate the U.S. imposed on Brazil in early April — was also spurred by the “very unfair trade relationship” with the country, calling it “far from Reciprocal.”

The U.S. is also launching an investigation into potential unfair trade practices by Brazil, Trump said in a letter to Brazil’s current president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

The probe is based on “Brazil’s continued attacks on the Digital Trade activities of American Companies,” Trump wrote in the letter, which he shared publicly in a Truth Social post.

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[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 17 points 2 weeks ago

Lula 🇧🇷 @LulaOficial

Considering the public statement made by former U.S. President Donald Trump on a social media platform on the afternoon of this Wednesday (9th), it is important to emphasize:

Brazil is a sovereign country with independent institutions that will not be tutored by anyone.

The judicial process against those who planned the coup is under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Brazilian Judiciary and, therefore, is not subject to any form of interference or threat that might compromise the independence of national institutions.

In the context of digital platforms, Brazilian society rejects content that promotes hatred, racism, child pornography, coups, fraud, and discourse against human rights and democratic freedom.

In Brazil, freedom of expression is not to be confused with aggression or violent acts. To operate in our country, all companies — national and foreign — are subject to Brazilian law.

The information regarding the trade relationship between Brazil and the United States, concerning the alleged U.S. trade deficit, is false. Statistics from the U.S. government itself show that the United States has had a trade surplus with Brazil in goods and services totaling $410 billion over the past 15 years.

In this regard, any unilateral move to raise tariffs will be responded to under Brazil’s Reciprocity Law of Economic Measures.

Sovereignty, respect, and the unwavering defense of the Brazilian people’s interests are the values that guide our relationship with the world.

7:56 PM · Jul 9, 2025 · 490.8K Views

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[–] DornerStan@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Thank you for year attention to this matter!

lmao

Doesn't this just further strengthen BRICS in the long run?

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Unless Lula and the Brazilian gov't fumbles this, it should. It is funny that this happens because Brazil is one of the neutral ones which are willing to compromise with the USA.

[–] burlemarx@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lula is almost licking Western boots to please the Western overlords in his third term. Even Xi Jinping seems to have made some reprimands to him.

[–] burlemarx@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yup, everyone in the Brazilian left thinks Trump just presented them a gift. Trump's tariffs will hit the most reactionary capitalist sector in Brazil which is the Agribusiness. We have a big opportunity in Brazil to push a discourse of sovereignty, of non-alignment with the US and forging closer ties with the BRICS.

The problem right now is how the Workers' party will take advantage of it. Lula and the rest of the leaders of the party have shown again and again that they are a bunch of spineless cowards afraid of any conflict with the financial capitalist class. Aside from symbolic gestures, I'm skeptical on how this event is going be used politically.

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

According to SputnikGlobe, there are some organizations rallying against Trump's 50% tariffs ->

Translation:

Hundreds of people demonstrate in Sao Paulo against the threat of 50% tariffs by US President Donald Trump.

The protest, called by the Central Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT) and Frentes Populares, also demanded the imposition of taxes on the South American country's super-rich.

Do you have any information on this? Is this widespread or is just un Sao Paulo?

[–] burlemarx@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is just in São Paulo for the moment. I think the main purpose of the act wasn't even the Trump's tariffs, but they are simply using the momentum right now.

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I really wish the best for our brazilian comrades. Something really has to change.

[–] burlemarx@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 week ago

I wish the radical left could launch a presidential campaign for next year. That would help to tip the scales of the political debate. The problem is that currently there is too much ego. I was just listening to Jones Manoel this morning, and he was calling the parties out for their sectarian behavior.