I'm not sure if you’ve been following the news, but President Donald Trump has just announced 50% tariffs on Brazil. Some say it's politically motivated retaliation, while others believe it's a way to economically target a country that, under its current government, has been favoring dictatorships and communists, attacking freedom of expression, and going after American companies, especially those in the tech sector. So, what do you think about this?
I think the tariffs is a political move in its entirety. It is basically, if you are an ally of Trump then you get a small percentage but if Trump hates you then you get a huge amount of percentage. There will be some economic consequences but Trump thinks that USA can handle these countries pulling back.
You are correct in stating that if the BRICS countries were Trump's allies they would receive a smaller percentage of the tariffs. Currently the US President has imposed this measure against all countries included in the BRICS, Even the two reasons I know for the current tariff increase in Brazil are that first of all they include BRICS and referring to the criminal allegations against Bolsonar he threatened Brazil, my idea his biased decisions are very disgusting. But when America imposed excessive tariffs on them, the Brazilian president stated that they would not accept any kind of tutelage.