Brazil begins exploring retaliatory options to new US tariffs
- Brazil has not yet decided whether it will proceed with retaliatory measures, but has committed to defending its position.
- Brazil has opened consultations into potential retaliatory measures against the United States following the imposition of 25 percent tariffs on a range of Brazilian exports.
- The new US tariffs are “unjustified and arbitrary”, and Brazil will “continue to defend its position in all appropriate forums”, the Brazilian government said in a statement on Thursday.
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- Brazil has not yet decided whether it will proceed with retaliatory measures, but has committed to defending its position.
- Brazil has opened consultations into potential retaliatory measures against the United States following the imposition of 25 percent tariffs on a range of Brazilian exports.
- The new US tariffs are “unjustified and arbitrary”, and Brazil will “continue to defend its position in all appropriate forums”, the Brazilian government said in a statement on Thursday.
Sources: Al Jazeera