Brasilia (AFP) - Brazil has resumed talks with the United States over high tariffs imposed by Washington, the government in Brasilia announced Monday.
Published on: 01/09/2026 - 00:29
In July, Washington imposed two new sets of tariffs on Brazil, citing unfair trade practices and the use of forced labor, and imposed duties of 25% on some goods and 12.5% on others.
Leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is seeking to win a fourth term in the October elections, accused the United States of using tariffs to interfere in the election campaign.
Lula is running in the presidential race against Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of imprisoned former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is a close ally of US President Donald Trump. He believes that these cartoons aim to influence Brazilians to elect his rival, who is allied with Washington.
In a recent call with Trump, Lula said that the justifications for the tariffs were “baseless.”
During a follow-up call on Monday with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira and Trade Minister Márcio Elias Rosa reiterated Brazil's objections to the "discriminatory" tariffs, while at the same time expressing Brasilia's readiness to continue the talks.
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