Lula's approval ticks up in Brazil
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Following Trump’s 50% tariff hike on Brazilian goods, a decree creates fast-track process for countermeasures against countries targeting Brazilian interests.
The United States has launched an investigation into “unfair” trading practices by Brazil, escalating President Donald Trump’s spat with the world’s 10th-largest economy over issues including the criminal case against its former President Jair Bolsonaro.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has visited former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner at her home.
Brazil has yet to hear a response from Washington about an offer it made in trade talks two months ago, Vice President Geraldo Alckmin said on Monday, after U.S. President Donald Trump slapped much higher tariffs on Brazil last week.
Petra Costa's sobering new Netflix documentary depicts the hold evangelical Christianity has over far-right politics in Brazil.
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Brazil believes it can withstand Trump’s 50 percent tariff, and aides to Lula say he is unlikely to shrink from a confrontation with the White House.
The 50% tariffs proposed by Donald Trump could cut Brazil's gross domestic product by between 0.3 and 0.8 percentage points in 2025, according to Brazilian economists and consulting firms.