"The text, which EL PAIS had access to, focuses on Trump's use of the threat to impose 50% tariffs on his trading partner, which the members of the House of Representatives who signed the letter describe as an unlawful misuse of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) because to justify it the U.S. president argued that those levies were aimed at addressing an unsustainable trade deficit."
"The lawmakers note that the United States has had a trade surplus with Brazil every year since 2008. The use of the IEEPA is at the heart of the case being considered by the nine justices of the Supreme Court in Washington, who must decide on the constitutionality of the tariffs. Their ruling, which could upend Trump's entire trade policy, is imminent."
"The U.S. president, who included Brazil and its president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, on the list of 25 countries he threatened with new tariffs in letters sent at the beginning of last summer, never concealed his true intentions: to pressure the country's judges in the case that was then underway against former president Jair Bolsonaro for his involvement in the failed coup of January 2023."
More than 40 Democratic members of Congress condemned President Trump's attempts to undermine democracy in Brazil and his efforts to shield former president Jair Bolsonaro from accountability for the January 2023 coup attempt. Lawmakers criticized Trump's threat to impose 50% tariffs on Brazil as an unlawful misuse of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). They pointed out that the United States has run a trade surplus with Brazil every year since 2008, contradicting the stated justification of an unsustainable trade deficit. The constitutionality of the tariffs is pending before the U.S. Supreme Court and its imminent ruling could upend Trump's trade policy. Trump included Brazil among 25 countries he threatened with tariffs to pressure judges overseeing Bolsonaro's prosecution.
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