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Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

President Lula hits back as Trump tariffs threaten US-Brazil trade showdown

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Brazil's president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, on Monday. Photograph: Adriano Machado/Reuters

Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has said he does not fear getting on the wrong side of Donald Trump, as South America’s largest economy braces for the introduction of 50% tariffs.

Trump announced plans to slap Brazil with tariffs on 1 August earlier this month, partly in retaliation for a supposed political “witch-hunt” against his far-right ally Jair Bolsonaro. The former Brazilian president faces decades in jail for allegedly plotting a military coup to stop Lula from taking office after the former lost the 2022 presidential election.

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