Brazil seeks trade deal with US to avoid 25% tariffs by July

"Brazil Exports to United States was US$38.10B during 2025... Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products $6.58B 2025. Iron and steel $5.42B 2025. Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers $3.33B 2025. Aircraft, spacecraft $3.05B 2025. Coffee, tea, mate and spices $1.94B 2025."

"Today, the United States Trade Representative determined under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 that certain of Brazil's acts, policies, and practices related to digital trade and electronic payment services; unfair, preferential tariffs; anti-corruption enforcement; intellectual property protection; ethanol market access; and illegal deforestation are unreasonable and burden or restrict U.S. commerce, and are thus actionable under Section 301(b) of the Trade Act."

"the USTR is proposing that appropriate action would include applying 25% tariffs on all goods of Brazil, with exemptions for certain goods. These exclusions would include informational materials, donations, accompanied baggage, all articles and parts of articles subject to Section 232 tariffs, and certain products identified in the lengthy Annex attached to the Notice of Determination and set forth by the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheading and accompanying descriptive text."

"According to the USTR, these proposed exemptions "include raw materials that if subject to the proposed additional tariffs could lead to the unavailability of domestic supply. They also include products that could cause economy wide disruptions if subject to the proposed additional tariffs; and certain products that cannot be grown or produced in sufficient quantities in the United States or obtained from other sources."

"U.S. goods trade (exports plus imports) with Brazil totaled an estimated $94.3 billion in 2025. U.S. goods exports to Brazil in 2025 were $54.4 billion, up 10.7 percent ($5.2 billion) from 2024. U.S. goods imports from Brazil totaled $39.9 billion in 2025, down 5.7 percent ($2.4 billion) from 2024. The U.S. goods trade surplus with Brazil was $14.4 billion in 2025, a 112.8 percent increase ($7.7 billion) over 2024."

"Outra dificuldade para negociar com os EUA é que os norte-americanos costumam ter demandas muito amplas, o que abarcaria diversas reinvindicações em diferentes áreas. Porém, por enquanto, o Brasil busca um acordo especificamente sobre questões tarifárias e comerciais, sem outras pautas que poderiam interessar os norte-americanos, como terras raras. Ao mesmo tempo, o governo afirma que o Pix não entra em qualquer negociação com Washington."