Economists have been expressing alarm over U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to hit Brazil with a 50% tariff on Aug. 1 — the largest country-specific levy out of the 22 that Trump has rolled out this week.

President Donald Trump announced a blanket 50% tariff on imports from Brazil, citing his anger over the country's treatment of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro. Trump's tariffs would be imposed using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act,

The president signaled he would seek to use the threat of steep levies to reorient trade and protect his political allies.

The dollar edged up across the board on Friday as U.S. President Donald Trump's ramped-up tariffs on Canada and other trading partners sparked a flight to safety. Trump issued a letter late on Thursday that said a 35% tariff rate on all imports from Canada would apply from August 1.

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.

Is Donald Trump willing to punish consumers because he hopes to shield Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro from legal accountability? Actually, yes.

By Luciana Magalhaes and Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) -When U.S. President Donald Trump linked 50% tariffs on Brazil to the trial against his ally, the country's former far-right leader, Washington left Latin America's largest economy with few options to deescalate but may have overestimated the country's vulnerability to the levies.

President Donald Trump announced a 50% tariff to punish Brazil. Federal workers fear Trump will fire them following a Supreme Court ruling. Trump and other top Republicans are shifting course on Ukraine.