Tag: Brazil
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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…
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Washington finalizes sweeping Section 301 duties on roughly 3,000 Brazilian products as Brasilia shelves immediate retaliation, promises a WTO challenge and readies a domestic support package WASHINGTON, July 18, 2026. The United States this week finalized a 25 percent tariff on a broad range of Brazilian goods, capping a yearlong Section 301 investigation and opening…
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Brasília activates its Economic Reciprocity Law and prepares a fresh WTO challenge after Washington confirms 25 percent Section 301 duties on most Brazilian goods from July 22. BRASILIA, July 16, 2026: Brazil answered Washington’s newly confirmed 25 percent tariff on most of its exports with a two-track counteroffensive on Thursday, formally opening the procedures to…
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Washington imposes 25 percent Section 301 duties on most Brazilian imports from July 22, sparing coffee and beef but exposing more than 4,000 products, as Brasilia vows reciprocal measures and a WTO challenge By the US Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting Washington, July 16, 2026 WASHINGTON, JULY 16. The United States imposed a 25 percent…
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Washington’s Section 301 clock on Brazil runs out today, with a 25 percent tariff on more than 4,000 products expected within hours, a second duty stacked behind it for July 24, and a year of negotiations that one official summed up in four words: they want the impossible By the US Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff…