What Tariffs Mean for Brazil

Its response will be shaped by domestic needs.

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Brazil would seem an unlikely target for the Trump administration’s tariff wars. As the 15th largest trade partner of the United States, Brazil accounts for just 2.5 percent of total U.S. exports and 1.3 percent of total U.S. imports. Of all America’s bilateral trade relationships, the one with Brazil yields the fourth largest trade surplus […]

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Allison Fedirka
Allison Fedirka is the former director of analysis for Geopolitical Futures. Ms. Fedirka has a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and international studies from Washington University in St. Louis and a master’s degree in international relations and affairs from the University of Belgrano, Argentina. Her thesis was on Brazil and Angola and south-south cooperation.