SAO PAULO (AP) — President Donald Trump’s threat to boost import taxes by 50% on Brazilian goods could drive up the cost of breakfast in the United States. The prices of coffee and orange juice — two staples of the American morning diet — could be severely impacted if there’s no agreement by Aug. 1.

Brazil's government on Friday (July 11) downplayed the impact of the 50% tariff US President Donald Trump threatened to impose on imports from that coun

The fight is rooted in years of political history between President Trump and the last two presidents of Brazil.

Brazil's Congress has rejected President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's decree to increase a financial transactions tax.

Brazil believes it can withstand Trump’s 50 percent tariff, and aides to Lula say he is unlikely to shrink from a confrontation with the White House.

A trade war looms as President da Silva refutes Trump's claims of trade imbalance and rejects demands to interfere with judicial proceedings

Lula issued a rebuke to Trump’s trade tariffs and firmly refused his demand that the case against the Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro be dropped.

Brazil's Lula pledged support for Prabowo's free nutritious meal program during a meeting in Braslia on July 9, 2025, after the BRICS Summit in Rio.