Lula hits back at Trump over US tariff threat

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has responded strongly to Donald Trump's threat to impose a 50 percent tariff on Brazilian exports to the United States. Lula dismissed the threat, stating that Brazil won’t take orders from the US, and referred to Trump as a “gringo” – a common term in Portuguese and Spanish for a foreigner.

Andre Pagliarini, an expert on US and Latin American Relations and an Assistant Professor at Louisiana State University, joins Al Jazeera’s live from Baton Rouge in Louisiana.

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Post from Al Jazeera on July 17, 2025

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