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Trump news at a glance: senators pass measure that would scrap Brazil tariffs in rare fightback against trade war

Donald Trump speaks to troops aboard USS George Washington in Yokosuka, Japan.
Donald Trump speaks to troops aboard USS George Washington in Yokosuka, Japan. Photograph: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images

The Republican-led US Senate has passed a measure that would terminate Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Brazilian imports, including coffee, beef and other products, in a rare bipartisan show of opposition to the president’s trade war.

The vote passed 52-48. The resolution was led by Senator Tim Kaine, a Democrat of Virginia, and seeks to overturn the national emergency that Trump has declared to justify the levies.

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