Trump administration proposes 25% tariffs on Brazil despite US trade surplus
US claims worldโs 10th-biggest economy engages in โunreasonableโ trade practices that โrestrict US commerceโ Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The Trump administration proposed 25% tariffs on imports from Brazil, charging that the worldโs 10th-biggest economy engages in trade practices that are โunreasonableโโ and that โburden or restrict US commerceโ. Luiz Inรกcio Lula da Silva said he received the decision โwith indignationโ. The Brazil president also blamed the decision by the US administration on his rival in Octoberโs elections, Flรกvio Bolsonaro, the senator who visited Washington last week. The senator is the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, once nicknamed โthe Trump of the Tropicsโ by his allies. Continue reading...