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Trump singles out Brazil for 50% import duty

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4.51.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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President Donald Trump says he wants 50% import taxes on goods from Brazil, even though Brazil buys more from the U.S. than it sells here. Trump has criticized Brazil's treatment of its former right-wing president, who's on trial for an alleged coup attempt. We'll hear more. Plus, most Federal Reserve officials think Trump's tariffs will have enduring effects on inflation. And, a new report finds deportations could cost California $275 billion annually.

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Brazil, an odd target for new U.S. tariffs. I'm David Brancaccio in Los Angeles. President Trump says he wants 50% to import taxes on goods from Brazil, even though Brazil buys more from the U.S. than it sells here.

1:12.3

Trump has criticized Brazil's treatment of its former right-wing president who's on trial for an alleged

1:17.8

coup attempt. Luis Fahardo is with the BBC.

1:21.3

Brazilian economic markets have reacted with concern, the real losing value against the dollar.

1:26.6

The U.S. is one of the major export markets

1:29.5

for Brazil. However, Brazil has to be said it's not as exposed to potential tariffs from the U.S.

1:36.7

as other Latin American countries that have also faced the threat. Brazil's bigger, largest

1:42.2

partner is in fact China. But still it is substantial and still

1:46.2

that the economic sphere, at least there's concern about what could happen if these tariffs

1:50.8

actually come into being. And the future's price of the third most popular metal copper.

1:57.0

Those are up 8% in a week, 2% today with Trump confirming the U.S. tariff on copper will go to 50%.

2:04.1

The U.S. produces about half its copper supply with much of the imports from Chile.

2:09.4

Now, the guardians of interest rates at the Fed are more than one person, the chair Jerome Powell,

2:15.4

and newly released notes from a recent central bank meeting

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