Key Facts
—The filing. Senator Flávio Bolsonaro sent an eighty-six-page submission to the US trade office on July 1.
—The ask. He wants planned twenty-five percent tariffs on Brazilian goods held back for a hundred and eighty days.
—The logic. He argues past tariffs backfired by strengthening President Lula ahead of the vote.
—The candidate. Flávio is the right’s presidential contender against Lula on October 4.









