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Trump and His Lies, Tax Wars: Brazil and the World Were Taxed

  Brazil's trade deficit with the United States: an unequal relationship: Despite being one of the largest economies in Latin America, Brazil maintains an unbalanced trade balance with the United States. According to data released by O Globo, in 2024 Brazil imported about $ 44 billion in American products, while Brazilian exports to the US added only $ 42 billion. That is, the country closed the year with a commercial deficit of approximately $ 2 billion.   This result puts Brazil among the few business partners that maintain an unfavorable relationship with the United States. In practical terms, it means that Brazil buys more than it can sell to the US market, something that aggravates external dependence and reduces the competitiveness of national industry.   In addition, the deficit occurs even in sectors where Brazil has export tradition, such as agribusiness and mining. Factors such as technical barriers, sanitary requirements and, especially, Trump's tariff wars...
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Trump considers sanctions against Alexandre de Moraes and spouses of STF ministers, says Marco Rubio

The Donald Trump administration is considering applying harsh sanctions against Justice Alexandre de Moraes, and is already anticipating possible reactions from the Supreme Federal Court. As a way of increasing pressure, American authorities are considering extending these penalties to other members of the Court and also to their spouses, especially wives who work in law firms.

According to investigations, the United States Department of Justice has mapped out Supreme Federal Court justices who are married to women who lead or have significant participation in law firms in Brazil. The logic behind this measure would be to compromise the main source of family income of the judges, increasing the effectiveness of the sanctions. Extending the blockade would directly affect the law firms linked to these women, preventing American companies or companies with activities in the United States from maintaining business relations with them.

Among the names mentioned are Justices Alexandre de Moraes, Gilmar Mendes, Dias Toffoli and Cristiano Zanin, whose wives are partners or have direct links with renowned law firms. Even so, the measure would not affect children or other family members, as the assets would not be considered communicable for this purpose.

Even in the face of the growing threat, most of the Supreme Court justices maintain their position that they will not change their decisions or their institutional stance. The pressure has been growing especially after actions by Justice Moraes involving the blocking of social networks and the removal of profiles considered to be disseminating disinformation, actions that were harshly criticized by American authorities as forms of censorship.

This week, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that there is a "great possibility" that Alexandre de Moraes will be punished under the terms of the Magnitsky Act — American legislation aimed at holding individuals accused of serious human rights violations and corruption accountable. This measure has already been discussed internally and is now gaining momentum with the support of members of the US Congress.

The White House investigations and negotiations also consider accusations of alleged political persecution of opponents of the Brazilian government by the Supreme Court justice. In a recent session of the US Congress, the risk of a politically motivated arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro was even mentioned.

The situation has escalated rapidly, and the Trump administration's strategy seems clear: to increase institutional pressure on the Brazilian Supreme Court, using economic and diplomatic instruments to challenge decisions that it deems excessive or arbitrary. The coming weeks will be decisive for the course of this crisis between the two countries.
 

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