Brazil activates its Economic Reciprocity Law for the first time, opening a formal Camex procedure that could lead to countermeasures against 25 percent US tariffs even as Brasilia insists the door to negotiation remains open. BRASILIA, August 16, 2026 Brazil set in motion the most consequential trade defense mechanism in its modern history on Thursday,…
Brazil’s foreign trade chamber has eliminated import duties on dozens of technology products and rewritten tariff relief for hundreds of capital goods, auto parts and heavy vehicles, a package that takes effect August 13 as the country works to lower investment costs while absorbing a new 25 percent American tariff on its exports. BRASILIA, August…
Brazil’s trade chamber unveils a sweeping August package that cuts or eliminates import duties on hundreds of capital goods and dozens of IT and telecom products, offering importers a partial reprieve after February’s steep tariff realignment. SAO PAULO, August 8, 2026. Brazil’s Executive Management Committee of the Chamber of Foreign Trade, known as Gecex, has…