BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Thursday a contingency plan in response to higher U.S.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday the U.S. will slap a 50% tariff on Brazil's imports, partly in retaliation for the ongoing prosecution of the country's former president, Jair Bolsonaro.

Brazil’s judiciary has started sweeping crackdowns on speech and political rivals. A U.S. tariff response signals the crisis ...

Lula was responding to Wednesday's threat by his US counterpart, Donald Trump, to impose a 50% import tax on Brazilian goods ...

Brazil scrambled to craft a measured but strong response to US President Donald Trump’s surprise tariff hike on Thursday in hopes of shielding key industries, while analysts predicted the tariffs ...

Trump hoped his tariffs on Brazil would help Bolsonaro avoid accountability for his illegal attempt to stay in power in 2023.

Donald Trump’s tariff threat against Brazil over a legal probe into his political ally, former President Jair Bolsonaro, ...

President Lula announced a new interministerial committee to coordinate trade countermeasures after US President Trump ...

His decree regulating the trade reciprocity law, which Brazil's Congress passed in April, should be published in the official gazette on Tuesday, Costa added. Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump ...

Brazil's government threatened reciprocal measures after Trump imposed a 50% tariff on Brazil for its prosecution of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro. Trump called the case against Bolsonaro ...

He would quintuple the 10% base tariff imposed on Brazil and most ... law “would permit the president to impose tariffs in ...

President Donald Trump has sent letters this week outlining higher tariffs countries will face if they don’t make trade deals with the U.S. by Aug. 1.