WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration proposed 25% tariffs on imports from Brazil, charging that the world's 10th-biggest economy engages in trade practices that are "unreasonable'' and that "burden or restrict U.S. commerce.''
The announcement late Monday came after an investigation by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, charging Brazil with lax anti-corruption enforcement and unfair tariffs of its own, among other things.
U.S Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said that he and President Donald Trump had had "constructive'' meetings with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and other Brazilian officials. But he said that "we continue to have substantial differences in resolving the issues identified in this investigation.''
