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President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will be placing 50 percent tariffs on Brazil over the South American nation’s censorship of American tech companies and human rights abuses.
Trump signed a series executive actions on Wednesday that, among other things, imposes a 50 percent tariff on Brazil, a 50 percent tariff on certain copper products and closes a tax perk for all countries that allowed them to ship cheap packages to the U.S. duty-free.
The president had previously threatened to slap new tariffs on Brazil in a letter to current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva last month, which referenced his government’s authoritarian crackdown on political opponents, including former President Jair Bolsonaro. The former Brazilian leader is facing an investigation and an upcoming trial accusing him of leading an “attempted coup” to stay in office after his controversial electoral defeat in 2022…
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