Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday briefly left his home in Brasilia where he is under house arrest to undergo a medical procedure at a nearby hospital, his first public appearance since he was handed a 27-year-long prison sentence. (AP video by Eduardo François) Source link
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday that he will not call US President Donald Trump, saying Trump does not want to talk. Lula referred to the day the tariffs were imposed as “the most regrettable” day in the bilateral relations between the countries. Instead, Lula said will speak with other world…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s tariff onslaught this week left a lot of losers – from small, poor countries like Laos and Algeria to wealthy U.S. trading partners like Canada and Switzerland. They’re now facing especially hefty taxes – tariffs – on the products they export to the United States starting Aug. 7. The…
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the past week, President Donald Trump has managed to make his erratic trade policies even more baffling to countries desperate to negotiate an escape from his wrath. Doubling down on his trade wars, Trump is threatening to raise taxes on many goods from Canada, hike his universal tariff on imports from…
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Thursday that he would impose retaliatory tariffs on the United States if President Donald Trump follows through on a pledge to boost import taxes by 50% over the South American country’s criminal trial against his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro. Lula said he would trigger Brazil’s reciprocity law approved…
United States President Donald Trump has threatened Brazil with a 50 percent tariff, citing the criminal charges against its former president and his political ally Jair Bolsonaro, who is accused of plotting a coup. In a letter to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s current president, Trump said on Wednesday that the treatment of Bolsonaro, who…
Economist Justin Wolfers believes markets may be underestimating President Donald Trump‘s “passion for tariffs” in assuming that he will renege on his latest trade threats. Speaking to CNN on Wednesday, Wolfers, a professor of economics and public policy at the University of Michigan, said: “People have convinced themselves that Trump is going to chicken out…
President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 50 percent tariff on Brazilian products if the country doesn’t meet a series of political demands, including dropping the charges against his ally Jair Bolsonaro. Nicknamed the “Trump of the Tropics,” the far-right former Brazilian president Bolsonaro followed Trump’s lead in late 2022 and refused to concede his…
Stock markets mostly rose Thursday on optimism that governments would reach deals to avoid US tariffs, with London hitting a record high. London’s FTSE 100 index jumped one percent in morning trading, lifted also by a surge in mining stocks after US President Donald Trump said he would enact a 50-percent copper tariff on August…
Stock markets mostly rose Thursday on optimism that governments would reach deals to avoid US tariffs, with London hitting a record high. London’s FTSE 100 index jumped one percent in morning trading, lifted also by a surge in mining stocks after US President Donald Trump said he would enact a 50-percent copper tariff on August…