The president signaled he would seek to use the threat of steep levies to reorient trade and protect his political allies.
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The president signaled he would seek to use the threat of steep levies to reorient trade and protect his political allies.
By Tony Romm
Reporting from Washington
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The US president's threatened new tariffs are likely to have major political ramifications in the country.
Trump has set a whopping 50% tariff on Brazilian goods - the highest rate levied by the US on a country thus far.
Brazilian president threatened a 50% tariff on US goods in retaliation for Trump’s levy on the Latin American country
Brazil is an egregious example of how trade levies are being shaped by presidential whim
President Trump vowed to impose 50% tariffs on imports from Brazil, citing a \
The steep tariff was announced days after Trump said BRICS had “Anti-American policies.”
