US tariffs shake up Brazil’s president race as candidates trade blame
Trump himself linked levies he imposed on Brazilian products last year to what he called a “witch hunt” against the senator’s father, who is under house arrest after being convicted of trying to overthrow democracy.
The senator’s brother, former lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro, claimed credit last year for pushing the White House to raise tariffs on US imports of Brazilian goods in retaliation for a criminal case against his father.
The two candidates leading the polls in Latin America’s largest economy, leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, traded blame on Thursday after Secretary of State Marco Rubio argued the levies were a consequence of Lula’s handling of trade negotiations.
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