U.S. President Donald Trump has removed his 40% tariffs on Brazilian food products, including beef, coffee, cocoa and fruits that were imposed in July to punish Brazil over the prosecution of its former president, Trump ally Jair Bolsonaro.
The move follows a similar order by the administration last Friday to remove tariffs on several agricultural products from other countries.
The order will affect Brazilian imports to the U.S. on or after November 13th and may require a refund of the duties collected on those goods while the tariffs were still being charged, according to the text of the order released by the White House.
Brazil normally supplies a third of the coffee used in the United States, the world’s largest coffee drinker, and has more recently become an important supplier of beef, particularly the type that is used to make burgers.
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