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US Launches Trade Investigation Against Brazil

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US launches probe into Brazil’s trade practices
The United States has launched an investigation into “unfair” trading practices by Brazil, escalating President Donald Trump’s spat with the world’s 10th-largest economy over issues including the criminal case against its former President Jair Bolsonaro.

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Trump Administration Initiates Trade Investigation of Brazil
Trump administration launches trade investigation into Brazil after ‘witch hunt’ against Bolsonaro

Lula, Trump and Brazil

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Brazil’s President Lula says Trump was ‘not elected to be emperor of the world,’ as US-Brazil spat escalates
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has hit back at Donald Trump’s tariff threats, saying that his American counterpart was elected as the leader of the United States and “not to be the emperor of the world.

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Trump's tariff threat bolsters Lula in Brazil, hurts Bolsonaro
Trump's tariff threat pushes Lula's popularity and worsens legal troubles for Brazil's ex-leader

Bolsonaro, Brazil and police

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Brazil police raid ex-President Bolsonaro’s home, fit ankle tag, citing flight risk concern amid criminal trial
Police in Brazil swooped on the home and political headquarters of Jair Bolsonaro early Friday, searching the properties, ordering the former president to wear an electronic ankle tag, barring him from speaking to foreign officials or approaching embassies and prohibiting him from using social media.

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Brazil’s Former President Jair Bolsonaro Ordered to Wear Ankle Monitor After Police Raid
Brazil police raid home of Bolsonaro, accused of plotting coup
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Ex-Brazil president Bolsonaro must wear monitoring device: Supreme Court
Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro must wear an electronic monitoring device as he awaits a verdict in his trial on ...
Brazil urges trade talks with U.S. after Trump tariff hike
Brazil on Wednesday urged the U.S. to respond to a trade proposal submitted in May, reaffirming its openness to a "mutually ...
Trump Trade Deal Deadline Looms. World Watches India, EU Talks After Brazil Hit.
Trump's Aug 1 trade deal deadline is looming. Meantime, video streamer Netflix and food maker PepsiCo both said that a weaker ...
US to investigate Brazil’s digital payment system
Trump launches investigation into Brazilian digital trade practices in on-going battle with Brazil over the dollar's hegemony ...
What to Know About the New U.S.-Brazil Trade War
The fight is rooted in years of political history between President Trump and the last two presidents of Brazil.
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Trump's Brazil tariffs are 'grotesquely illegal,' says Nobel Prize-winning economist
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman believes tariffs President Trump has threatened to impose on countries, including ...
Hassett Defends 50% Tariff on Brazil Imports
Kevin Hassett, a top economic advisor to President Trump, was out defending the administration's threat of a 50% tariff on ...
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Jair Bolsonaro detained 'preparing to flee Brazil' as Donald Trump rages
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was detained as investigators feared he was preparing to flee Brazil ahead of an ...