Framing Analysis
The United States will apply 25 percent tariffs to imports from Brazil beginning July 22, with exemptions for coffee, beef, oranges and orange juice, certain oil and gas products, and aerospace parts. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative cited unfair trade practices after a yearlong investigation, including restrictions on U.S. technology companies, weakened anti-corruption enforcement, and advantages granted to Brazilian farmers through illegal logging. Brazil is the world's tenth-largest economy and has more than 210 million consumers.