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Donald Trump threatened to impose a 50% tariff on Brazil over its domestic political affairs, the most extreme case yet of the US president weaponizing trade policy to make unrelated demands.Trump cited the treatment of former President Jair Bolsonaro — a right-wing populist leader — in his letter to Brazil on Wednesday,
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Donald Trump said he plans to impose a 50% tariff on imports from Brazil. Questions about the future of FEMA loom amid the Texas floods. And "Superman" becomes a political flashpoint ahead of the new movie's release.
"America will, once again, build a DOMINANT Copper Industry," Trump said in a post on his Truth Social media platform.
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,
Brazil's government will summon the U.S. embassy's chargé d'affaires after the diplomatic mission released a statement echoing President Donald Trump's defense of former Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro,