Tag: TARIFF BLACKMAIL

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva criticized US President Donald Trump’s 50% tariffs on Brazilian imports as “tariff blackmail” during a BRICS leaders’ virtual meeting with China’s Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, and South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa. The tariffs, aimed at punishing Brazil for prosecuting former President Jair Bolsonaro on coup plot charges, caused…