Overview

• Brazil’s Supreme Court directed federal police to search Bolsonaro’s Brasília residence and party headquarters and to fit him with an ankle monitor over flight-risk concerns.
• The court prohibited Bolsonaro from using social media, contacting diplomats or approaching foreign embassies as part of precautionary measures during his coup-plot trial.
• President Donald Trump has held firm on a threatened 50 percent tariff on Brazilian imports starting August 1 to pressure authorities into dropping charges against Bolsonaro.
• The United States Trade Representative initiated a Section 301 investigation into Brazil’s digital trade policies, preferential tariffs and intellectual property enforcement.
• President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called the moves unacceptable blackmail and underscored Brazil’s judicial independence in response to U.S. economic pressure.