Customs duties: Brazil and the United States discuss trade
Representatives from Brazil and the United States held a meeting on their trade relations on Wednesday, September 30, Brasilia announced.
In July, the Donald Trump administration imposed two rounds of additional tariffs on Brazilian products, citing allegedly unfair trade practices. This marks the first in-person meeting between representatives of the two countries since the tariffs were imposed in July.
Meanwhile, Brazil’s left-wing president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has accused the United States of attempting to interfere in the elections, in which he will face conservative Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in the first round scheduled for Sunday, October 4, 2026.
The meeting was described as "constructive" by the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which stated in a press release that "key points of the bilateral trade agenda" had been reviewed. According to the same source, both parties "expressed their willingness to work quickly to reach a mutually satisfactory agreement." In this context, the US government will submit proposals in the coming weeks for negotiations on customs and non-customs issues.
