U.S. launches investigation in Brazil’s trading practices

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks to the media at the BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 7, 2025. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

Ricardo Moraes | Reuters

The U.S. Trade Representative said on Tuesday it had launched an investigation into Brazil’s “unfair” trading practices.

The investigation, which was previously announced by President Donald Trump, will seek to determine whether Brazil’s acts, policies, and practices related to digital trade and preferential tariffs, among others, are “unreasonable or discriminatory and burden or restrict” U.S. commerce.

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