Tensions between the United States and Brazil have suddenly burst open. Brazil’s president promised to reciprocate against President Trump’s tariffs.

Trump announced a 50 percent tariff on all Brazilian goods, escalating a feud over Brazil’s prosecution of former president Jair Bolsonaro. Brazil vowed to retaliate.

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 is Florida’s biggest international trading partner for buying what the Sunshine State sells, and tariffs might make orange juice prices soar.

Donald Trump has proposed huge levies on Brazil, prompting an outspoken response from the CEO of Embraer, which builds vital regional airliners.

President Donald Trump’s letter to the president of Latin America’s largest country threatening it with tariffs reads more like an angry venting exercise than sound trade policy.

The Trump administration has launched a probe into Brazil’s “unfair” trading practices, according to a statement from a US trade representative.It said the probe will include the Brazilian government’s policies “related to digital trade and electronic payment services;