Trump hits Brazil with 50% tariff
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President Donald Trump wants to pressure Brazil into stopping the trial of its former president Jair Bolsonaro, by threatening the country with 50% tariffs on imports. Jeff Zeleny analyses the impact on both nations.
Brazil’s foreign ministry has asked the highest representative of the US government in Brasilia to explain an embassy statement echoing President Donald Trump’s claims that former leader Jair Bolsonaro is facing political persecution,
By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) -Tensions between the United States and Brazil intensified on Wednesday after Brazil's Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the U.S. embassy's chargé d'affaires over a statement defending former Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro,
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