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Brazil Requests WTO Consultation Over US Tariffs

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22 hrs ago

Above: Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva greets his foreign minister, Mauro Vieira, on Aug. 5, 2025. Image copyright: Evaristo Sa/AFP/Getty Images

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The Spin

Anti-Trump narrative

While Trump continues to wrongfully insist that he holds the authority to impose tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, Brazil has opted to reaffirm its support for dialogue in the hope that talks will help resolve this issue and reverse the tariffs. This is what one should expect from a statesman, not Trump's bully attitude.

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Pro-Trump narrative

Trump's tariffs on Brazil are a justified response to the country's authoritarian overreach and persecution of political opponents, designed to protect U.S. persons from coercion. That Brazil has submitted a request for bilateral consultations within the WTO framework shows that its government is completely out of touch with reality, as these tariffs reflect the very breakdown of WTO.

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