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Trump Enacts 50% Tariffs on Brazil and Sanctions Justice Alexandre de Moraes

Responding to Bolsonaro’s prosecution, the measures take effect August 1 as federal judges consider challenges to Trump’s emergency tariff powers.

FILE - President of the Supreme Electoral Court, Minister Alexandre de Moraes arrives to preside over the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro in Brasilia, Brazil, June 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Gustavo Moreno, File)
A ship and containers at the Port of Santos, in Santos, Brazil, in April.
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro points a photo of him during a motorcycle caravan by supporters to protest the Supreme Court trial where he faces charges for alleged involvement in a 2022 coup attempt, in Brasília, Brazil, Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Nova)
An employee carries copper hoses at the Sociedade Paulista de Tubos Flexiveis metallurgical company which manufactures flexible metal hoses, in Sao Paulo April 20, 2012.

Overview

  • Trump’s July 30 executive order invokes the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act to raise U.S. duties on Brazilian imports from 10% to 50% effective August 1.
  • The White House simultaneously announced sanctions and visa restrictions on Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes over his oversight of Jair Bolsonaro’s trial.
  • Brazil has sent a delegation led by Vice President Geraldo Alckmin to Washington seeking negotiations under sovereign protocols to avert the tariffs.
  • Officials in Brasília are finalizing contingency plans, including credit lines and worker-protection measures, to shield Brazil’s economy from steep import duties.
  • Trade law experts and small-business plaintiffs have moved federal court appeals arguing that Trump exceeded his legal authority under the IEEPA to impose sweeping reciprocal tariffs.