Washington, DC — President Donald Trump has rolled back tariffs on several Brazilian imports, a move the White House says is intended to ease grocery and food costs for U.S. consumers. The Thursday announcement affects key agricultural products including coffee, fruit and beef, aligning earlier tariff decisions made throughout the year.
Last week, the administration said it would reverse a set of global tariffs introduced in April. But those revisions did not touch the separate levies Trump imposed in July against Brazil, enacted as retaliation after Brazilian authorities pursued legal charges against Trump ally and former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro.
The latest action harmonizes both policies, ensuring that products exempted under the April rollback are not subject to July penalties. Brazilian officials had raised concerns that the previous exemptions did not apply to their exports, creating uncertainty for agricultural shipments headed to the United States.
The White House described the change as part of ongoing negotiations between Trump and Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who have been discussing broader tariff reductions. Any future adjustments could further reshape trade flows between the Western Hemisphere’s two largest economies.
The administration says lowering barriers on everyday consumer goods is designed to relieve cost pressures at a time of continued inflation and elevated food prices in the United States.
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