Brazil, Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday said that he would not take orders from a "gringo," responding to U.S. President Donald Trump's letter slapping Brazil with 50% tariffs.
The US leader surprised many by ratcheting up tariff threats and trade investigations amid his ire over the trial against former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
None of the countries targeted in the first batch of letters — the Philippines, Brunei, Moldova, Algeria, Libya, Iraq and Sri Lanka — is a major industrial rival to the United States.