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Trump announces 50% tariff on Brazil, citing a ‘witch-hunt’ against Bolsonaro


Latest threats heighten fears that the president’s erratic trade strategy risks exacerbating inflation across the US

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Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that his administration will hit Brazil with a 50% tariff on products sent to the US, tying the move to what he called the “witch-hunt” trial against its former president, Jair Bolsonaro.

Posting letters on Truth Social, the US president had earlier in the day targeted seven other countries – the Philippines, Brunei, Moldova, Algeria, Libya, Iraq and Sri Lanka – for stiff US tariffs on foreign exports starting on 1 August.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/09/trump-tariffs-brunei-libya-moldova

Author : Callum Jones in New York

Publish date : 2025-07-10 00:45:00

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