President Donald Trump has signed an Executive Order implementing an additional 40 percent tariff on Brazil, bringing the total tariff amount to 50 percent.
Trump said he is imposing this heavy rate of duty "to deal with recent policies, practices, and actions by the Government of Brazil that constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States".
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by Joji Xavier
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