Brazil's Lula warns of 50% tariffs on U.S. goods

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July 10, 20254:30 PM ET
Carrie Kahn

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says the U.S. must respect his country — and he's ready to impose retaliatory tariffs if President Donald Trump goes ahead with a threat to slap a 50% tax on Brazilian imports starting in Aug. 1.

Trump posted the warning in a letter on social media, citing what he called a "witch hunt" against Brazil's former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, who is currently on trial for trying to overturn the 2022 election. Trump demanded the case be dropped, calling Bolsonaro "a Highly Respected Leader throughout the World" ...

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/10/nx-s1-5463508/brazil-lula-trump-tariffs

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1. Trump's 50% Brazil tariff stretches emergency powers already facing court challenge

Published Thu, Jul 10 20258:09 PM EDT
Kevin Breuninger

... Trump said in a letter Wednesday that he is imposing the massive new tariff at least partly in retaliation against Brazil’s treatment of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro.

But to do so, he is citing a law that only grants him emergency economic powers in order to deal with certain foreign threats to the United States, a White House official told CNBC Thursday.

That same law — the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA — is at the center of an ongoing lawsuit over Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs that is currently before a federal appeals court ...

The White House did not immediately respond to CNBC’s questions about Trump’s letter to Brazil, including how Bolsonaro’s circumstances relate to Trump’s stated authority under IEEPA ...

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/10/trump-brazil-tariffs-ieepa-lawsuit.html

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2. Trump is just hurting American farmers

Brazil will benefit from Trump’s stupid decisions.

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3. Of course he is! By design!