Planalto has not yet hit the hammer about the statement, which could already be this Thursday (10.Jul); The US decided to tax all Brazilian products at 50% from August
The president (PT) studies a radio and TV statement about the increase in tariffs promised by (republished party). The US President decided from August.
The petista’s public statement is not yet decided on the Plateau, but could come later this Thursday (10.Jul.2025). Officially, there was no forecast of pronouncement until this morning.
The impact potential of US decision on Brazilian products is a billionaire. In 2024 alone, Brazil exported US $ 40.4 billion to the US, which represented 12% of the total exported.
Items such as oil and derivatives pull the list of bestseller to Americans. Last year, he totaled at least $ 7.5 billion – or 18.3% of what was exported to the US.
O Poder360 He surveyed from the MDIC Comexis (Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services).
Iron and steel products appear next: they totaled at least $ 5.3 billion (or 13.2% of what was sold to Americans).
The sector responsible for the production of aircraft and their equipment will also be strongly affected if the fare actually valids. In 2024, it exported US $ 2.7 billion (or 6.7%).
When it starts to apply
The measure comes into force on August 1 and will be applied widely and automatically, regardless of the sector or type of goods.
In practice, this makes products of Brazil more expensive in the US market, and may reduce the competitiveness of Brazilian exporters.
The fare is additional to others already existing and was determined by the US government.
Trump also determined the opening of a formal investigation against Brazil for commercial practices considered unfair, based on.
Understand
In the letter destined to Lula, Trump justified the increase in the rate to 50% for the treatment that the Brazilian government gave to the former president of Brazil (PL), whom he said respect “deeply”.
The Republican also stated that Brazil maintains a business relationship “unfair”With the US and accused the government’s government (PT) of imposing tariff barriers and non-tariffs that harm US exports.
Lula reacted and said that Brazil will adopt the law of economic reciprocity () to respond to the imposition of the fare on Brazilian products.
“Any measure of unilateral tariff elevation will be answered in the light of the Brazilian Economic Reciprocity Law”Lula said on his X page. The proposal to use the law had already been considered at other times, but had not yet been announced by the government.
The law was passed by Congress in April after the so -called Liberation Day, when Trump announced on April 2 the unilateral imposition of tariffs on various countries of the world. At that date, Brazil was taxed by 10%, with some exceptions. The new rate announced this Wednesday will come into force on August 1.
