USTR Proposes 25 Percent Tariff on Brazil Imports Due to Unfair Trade Practices

The USTR also said the U.S. government would continue to ‘engage intensively’ with Brazil to address its concerns.

US Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer speaks at the National Conservative Convention in Washington D.C., Sept. 3, 2025. (Photo by Dominic Gwinn / Middle East Images via AFP) Photo by DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) on June 1 proposed imposing a 25 percent tariff on imports from Brazil after finding that the country had engaged in unfair trade practices.

In a statement, the USTR said its Section 301 investigation on the country found that certain Brazilian policies and practices involving digital trade and electronic payment services, preferential tariffs, intellectual property protection, ethanol market access, and illegal deforestation “are unreasonable and burden or restrict U.S. commerce.”