President Donald Trump on Wednesday informed seven more nations about new tariffs, singling out Brazil with a 50% duty because of what he called the « disgrace » of how former President Jair Bolsonaro has been treated.
July 9 President Donald Trump on Wednesday informed seven more nations about new tariffs, singling out Brazil with a 50% duty because of what he called the « disgrace » of how former President Jair Bolsonaro has been treated and an « unfair trade relationship. »
Other nations told about rates effective Aug. 1 were the Philippines 20%, Moldova 25% and Brunei 25%, and Algeria, Libya and Iraq at 30% on goods they ship to the United States.
Trump so far has sent letters to 21 nations with seven on Monday. They all had standard language in the two-page letters, except for the one to Brazil.
Trump told current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a letter posted on Truth Social that « the way Brazil has treated former President Bolsonaro, a Highly Respected Leader throughout the World during his term, including by the United States, is an international disgrace. The trial should not be taking place. It is a Witch Hunt that should end IMMEDIATELY. »
Bolsonaro, who faces charges that he plotted to overturn his 2022 election loss against Lula, has been referred to as the « Trump of the tropics. »
Trump also noted « Brazil’s insidious attacks on Free Elections, and the Fundamental Free Speech Rights of Americans. »
And he said the United States also is launching an investigation into potential unfair trade practices by Brazil, Trump wrote in the letter.
He said the South American nation’s trade policies have caused « unsustainable Trade Deficits against the United States », which threaten the U.
