The exchange with the South American nation suggests the U.S. president also sees trade as a tool to influence other policies of foreign countries.

Relations between the U.S. and Brazil deteriorated after President Trump sought to halt criminal proceedings against his right-wing ally in the country, former leader Jair Bolsonaro, by imposing steep tariffs on Latin America’s biggest nation.

"America will, once again, build a DOMINANT Copper Industry," Trump said in a post on his Truth Social media platform.

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Brazil’s foreign ministry has asked the highest representative of the US government in Brasilia to explain an embassy statement echoing President Donald Trump’s claims that former leader Jair Bolsonaro is facing political persecution,

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After posting seven tariff letters earlier Wednesday, President Donald Trump said a couple more would come today and blasted Brazil's trade practices. In

Brazil's government will summon the U.S. embassy's chargé d'affaires after the diplomatic mission released a statement echoing President Donald Trump's defense of former Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro,