# President Donald Trump has directed the US Trade Representative, Jamieson Greer, to impose a 25-percent tariff on most Brazilian imports, citing ‘unfair’ trade practices. The tariffs will go into effect next Wednesday, with key products including beef, coffee, pharmaceuticals and certain raw materials being exempt. Greer says their investigation concluded Brazilian policies harm the interests of Americans with practices relating to digital trade, unfair preferential tariffs, ethanol market access and other areas. He says the US remains open to continuing negotiations with Brazil to resolve the issues.
US to impose a 25% tariff on some Brazilian imports for ‘unfair’ trade practices