U.S. Coffee Industry Urges Trump to Keep Brazilian Beans Exempt From New Tariffs
The U.S. coffee industry is asking the Trump administration to preserve tariff exemptions for Brazilian green coffee and expand them to include instant coffee, warning that new duties could raise prices for consumers and damage American manufacturers. The National Coffee Association made the request during a public consultation examining possible tariffs on Brazilian imports under […]
In Brazil, disinformation deals Lula a bruising defeat
An avalanche of disinformation about a new economic measure proved so tricky for Brazil’s government to navigate that they backtracked entirely this week in a rout egged on by the opposition. The political fiasco centered around the beloved instant money transfer system known as PIX, used tens of millions of times a day by Brazilians […]
