The Trump administration has launched a trade investigation into Brazil over unfair policies harming American workers, companies, and digital platforms.

The US president's interference in Brazilian affairs, after he announced that he would raise tariffs on Brazilian goods to 50% in protest against the trial of Jair Bolsonaro, has fallen far short of uniting conservatives.

Relations between the U.S. and Brazil descended into crisis after President Trump sought to halt criminal proceedings against his right-wing ally in the country, former leader Jair Bolsonaro, by imposing steep tariffs on Latin America’s biggest nation.

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Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ), a son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, has acknowledged that the 50% tariffs imposed by the US Republican Government of Donald Trump on Brazilian exports were “unfair” to his country's productive sector.

Trump called the investigation into the former far-right leader of Brazil a “Witch Hunt that should end IMMEDIATELY.”

President Trump cited the trial of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro as part of the rationale for a 50% tariff on Brazil. It is one of his latest—and perhaps most brazen—use of levies as a cudgel for priorities other than trade,

The health of Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has worsened following a surgery earlier this month, according to his medical team. Bolsonaro is in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the DF ...