”The Brazilian government repudiates the decision announced today by the U.S. government,” the office said. “There is no justification for unilateral measures against our country.”
“Unfair, preferential tariffs, anti-corruption interference, illegal deforestation” and "electronic payment services” were among the practices by Brazil deemed as “unreasonable” or a burden on American farmers and exporters, according to a statement from Greer’s office.
But Brazil has firmly rejected these findings, claiming the investigations based on Section 301 “is part of the plot built with the active collaboration” of the family of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. (Far-right populist Bolsonaro was given a 27-year prison sentence in 2025 for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election to Lula. U.S. President Donald Trump referred to the trial as a "witch hunt.")
said Lula’s office.“The Brazilian government has acted tirelessly with the Office of the United States Trade Representative to end the investigations based on Section 301, presenting evidence that refutes each of the allegations regarding alleged unfair trade practices adopted by Brazil.”
“Brazil will immediately initiate the procedures to activate the instruments provided for in the Reciprocity Law, approved unanimously by the National Congress, and will resume the issue within the framework of the WTO [World Trade Organization] dispute settlement mechanism,” warned Lula’s office.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused Lula and his government of failing to negotiate in good faith after months of meetings. “Lula has put his own ego ahead of making a deal for the welfare of the Brazilian people, and these tariffs are the price for that,” he argued.
Brazil is the first country targeted under the Trump Administration's new approach to tariffs which focuses on the provision of Section 301 of U.S. trade law.
The Justices had ruled that Trump lacked the authority to impose sweeping import taxes by claiming a national emergency. The ruling immediately invalidated a broad set of tariffs that Trump imposed last year on nearly all imports, including so-called reciprocal duties on dozens of countries and additional levies tied to the fentanyl crisis.
The USTR had already announced the initiation of a Section 301-based investigation of Brazil’s “unfair trading practices” in July 2025.
The actions taken against Brazil could be the first of many new tariffs announced by the Trump Administration as investigations continue.
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