President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the U.S. would impose a 50% tariff on all imports from Brazil after a public spat this week with his Brazilian counterpart who called him an unwanted "emperor", APA reports citing Reuters.
In a letter, Trump linked the tariffs to Brazil's treatment of former President Jair Bolsonaro who is on trial over charges of plotting a coup.
The levies were imposed due "in part to Brazil's insidious attacks on Free Elections, and the fundamental Free Speech Rights of Americans," the letter said.