Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has accused U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio of disliking Latin America and suggested the Trump administration's latest threats of tariffs against Brazil were politically motivated, marking a new escalation in tensions between Washington and Brasília months before Brazil's presidential election.
The dispute intensified after the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative accused Brazil of unfair trade practices involving social media regulation, intellectual property and deforestation policies, while threatening a broad 25% tariff on Brazilian goods.
