Relations between the U.S. and Brazil deteriorated 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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President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he planned to hit Brazil with a 50% tariff, in part because of the treatment of its former president Jair Bolsonaro, his political ally.

The U.S. will charge a 50% tariff on Brazilian goods starting on Aug. 1, President Trump announced in a letter to the Brazilian government on Tuesday—the highest level announced in his flurry of communiques to foreign leaders so far this week.

The Brazilian government secured 10.2 billion reais ($1.8 billion) in revenue from the first round of tax debt renegotiations with major companies this year, the Treasury's attorney general and the Federal Revenue Service said.

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Brazilian President Lula da Silva vowed to retaliate if the US imposes tariffs, invoking Brazil's Economic Reciprocity Law. This followed Donald Trump's announcement of a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports,