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Brazil hits back at Trump with “Reciprocity Law” as US imposes 50 pc tariff, rejects “any form of tutelage” on internal matters

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday (local time) issued a firm response to US President Donald Trump's announcement of a 50 per cent tariff on Brazil by invoking the country's "Economic Reciprocity Law", while asserting Brazil's sovereignty and rejecting "any form of tutelage" in what he described as Trump's attempts to interfere in the country's internal judicial affairs.

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