Tag: Brazil
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Brasilia formally requests dispute consultations in Geneva over Washington’s twin Section 301 tariff actions, opening a legal front even as both governments insist the door to negotiation remains open WASHINGTON, July 29, 2026 Brazil has taken its escalating tariff fight with the United States to the World Trade Organization, filing a formal request for dispute…
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GECEX Resolution 941 lifts import duties on seven wire, fencing and construction steel lines to a flat 25 percent for twelve months BRASILIA, July 28, 2026 – Brazil has tightened the screws on steel imports once again. On 23 July the Executive Management Committee of the Foreign Trade Chamber, known as GECEX/Camex, adopted Resolution No.…
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Sweeping 25 percent Section 301 tariffs on Brazilian goods take effect as Brasilia vows retaliation and a WTO challenge WASHINGTON, July 22, 2026 A 25 percent tariff on most goods imported from Brazil took effect at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time this morning, opening a new and volatile chapter in the trade relationship between the United…
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Brazil answers Washington’s 25 percent Section 301 tariff with legal patience instead of counter-tariffs, staking its export economy on a Geneva dispute system the United States itself has spent years hobbling. BRASILIA, July 26, 2026 Brazil spent this weekend doing something almost no major economy has managed in the current round of tariff wars: holding…
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Five days into a 25 percent US tariff, and with a second duty now stacked on top, President Lula is resisting pressure to strike back while his ministers assemble a menu of retaliation options. Peacock Tariff Consulting | US Trade Desk | July 27, 2026 WASHINGTON, July 27. Brazil enters the new week absorbing not…
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Two American tariff actions in a single week have pushed duties on many Brazilian goods to 37.5 percent, as Brasilia weighs its Reciprocity Law, a WTO challenge and the limits of strategic patience. By the US Trade Desk | Peacock Tariff Consulting WASHINGTON, July 26, 2026 No major American trading partner absorbed a harder blow…
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Brasilia zeroes tariffs on six strategic imports and multiplies a medical device quota, using a Mercosur supply mechanism to cool input costs while the world’s tariff walls rise International Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting | July 21, 2026 BRASILIA, July 21, 2026: Brazil has moved in the opposite direction of much of the trading world…
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A 25 percent US tariff on Brazilian goods takes effect Wednesday as Brasilia moves to activate its Reciprocity Law, revives a WTO challenge, and counts the exemptions that spared coffee, beef, and aircraft By the US Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting WASHINGTON, July 20, 2026 Two days before a sweeping 25 percent tariff on Brazilian…
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The United States finalizes sweeping Section 301 duties on Brazilian goods, the first pillar of a rebuilt tariff wall, as Brasilia weighs retaliation and importers race a July 22 deadline WASHINGTON, July 18, 2026 The United States will begin collecting a 25 percent tariff on thousands of Brazilian goods on Tuesday, July 22, after the…
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President Lula rejects Washington’s 25 percent Section 301 tariff as groundless, invoking Brazil’s Reciprocity Law and returning to the WTO as exporters brace for the July 22 start date and a possible 12.5 percent forced labor surcharge on top. Brazil closed the week on a war footing in trade policy, converting President Luiz Inacio Lula…