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Trump imposes 50% tariffs on Brazil over Bolsonaro case
Jul 30, 2025

Trump imposes 50% tariffs on Brazil over Bolsonaro case

  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday to impose his threatened 50% tariffs on Brazil, setting a legal rationale that Brazil’s policies and criminal prosecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro constitute an economic emergency under a 1977 law. Trump had threatened the tariffs July 9 in a letter to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. But [&[...]

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