SAMBA TARIFAÇO
Trump's 50% tariff threat has scrambled the Brazilian political chessboard.
On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump posted a copy on social media of a notification letter to the government of Brazil that a 50% across-the-board tariff would be imposed on all imports from that country beginning on August 1. In the letter, Trump cited the motives for this tariff as being his objections to the criminal trial of former Brazilian p…