Brazil mulls retaliatory measures on US after 50% Trump tariffs

Brazil is considering retaliatory trade measures against the United States, including tariffs, after President Donald Trump imposed 50-percent levies on a range of Brazilian imports, government sources told AFP on Thursday.

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gave his approval for a study of which retaliatory actions -- if any -- Brazil could take for the punishment imposed by Trump over the coup-plotting trial of his ally Jair Bolsonaro, two government sources said.