Brazil’s Lula Rejects Trump’s 50% Tariff Threat: He ‘was elected not to be emperor of the world’

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Brazil’s Lula Rejects Trump’s 50% Tariff Threat: He ‘was elected not to be emperor of the world’

Brazil’s Lula Rejects Trump’s 50% Tariff Threat: He ‘was elected not to be emperor of the world’

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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sharply rebuked U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports starting August 1, 2025, declaring that Trump “was elected to govern the United States, not to be the emperor of the world.” The escalating trade dispute, sparked by Trump’s letter posted on Truth Social on July 9, centers on Brazil’s prosecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro and alleged attacks on U.S. tech companies and free elections. Details of the Dispute Trump’s letter to Lula cited Brazil’s trial of Bolsonaro, a close ally accused of plotting a coup to overturn his 2022 election loss, as a key reason for the proposed tariffs, labeling it a “witch hunt that should...

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