Donald Trump tried to settle a political score when he dragged Brazil to the center of his trade war. In doing so, he’s thrust Brazilian conservatives into chaos as they seek to find an answer to the upheaval US tariffs will cause.

Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman believes tariffs President Trump has threatened to impose on countries, including Mexico and Brazil, are here to stay and will cost U.S. consumers.

After much back-and-forth over several months, President Donald Trump announced on July 9, 2025, that he planned to levy a 50% tariff on Brazilian exports to the United States. While Brazilian authorities,

Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro is accused of seeking to overturn the 2022 election in which he was defeated by a left-wing rival.

Brazilian meatpackers are weighing whether to make new shipments of beef products to the United States after President Donald Trump announced a 50% tariff on Brazil last week, Roberto Perosa, president of Brazilian beef lobby ABIEC,

The move comes as the Commerce Department officially withdrew from a longtime trade agreement governing imported tomatoes on Monday, July 14.The tariff is slightly lower than the 21% duty floated by Trump officials in April,

The president has earned a reputation for bluffing on tariffs. But he has steadily and dramatically raised U.S. tariffs, transforming global trade.

Unlike the European Union, the Japanese government has made no indication it plans to impose any kind of reciprocal tariff on the U.S.