Overview

• President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva authorized the Chamber of Foreign Trade (Camex) to examine applying the Reciprocity Law in response to U.S. duties.
• Camex has up to 30 days to determine whether the U.S. measures fit the law’s criteria and whether countermeasures are warranted.
• If the finding is positive, a government working group will draft proposals that could target goods, services or intellectual property, including reciprocal tariffs.
• Brazil’s Foreign Ministry will formally notify the United States on Friday, and Washington may present its views during the investigation.
• Brazil has already sought consultations at the WTO and hired U.S. legal counsel, while officials say efforts to engage U.S. counterparts since the Aug. 6 tariff start have gone unanswered.