United States to Impose 25 Percent Tariffs on Selected Brazilian Imports Starting July 22

The United States will impose 25 percent tariffs on selected imports from Brazil beginning July 22. A formal notice of the tariffs will be posted Wednesday night. The tariffs follow a yearlong investigation by the Office of the U.S.

Trade Representative under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. The office concluded that Brazil maintained unfair trade practices, including lax anti-corruption enforcement and its own tariffs that limit U.S. access to a market of more than 210 million consumers.

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer stated that Brazil's practices include punishing U.S. technology companies for refusing to censor political speech, backsliding on anti-corruption enforcement, and allowing Brazilian farmers to exploit illegally logged land.

The administration limited the tariffs to goods that cannot be produced domestically or that would not disrupt supply chains. Exempted products include coffee, beef, oranges and orange juice, some oil and gas energy products, and aerospace parts and components. The United States has maintained a goods trade surplus with Brazil for years.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva stated in a social media post that he denied the alleged unfair practices and that there is no justification for unilateral measures against his country. Lula also noted that U.S. Government statistics show a $424.5 billion U.S.

Surplus in goods and services with Brazil over the past 15 years. Lula attributed the tariffs to domestic Brazilian politics, blaming rival Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, who recently visited Washington and is the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro.

Senior Trump administration officials dismissed suggestions that politics influenced the decision, saying the grievances had been raised publicly for years and that constructive talks with Brazil began only in the last six weeks. The tariffs mark a shift from November 2025, when the United States lifted 40 percent tariffs on Brazilian beef, coffee, and other goods after citing progress in negotiations.