Politics · Brazil · 3 hrs ago
Brazil expects US proposal on tariffs by next week
Brazil expects the United States to send a draft tariff deal by next week, Development Minister Márcio Elias Rosa said.
The proposal would identify sectors where the US wants Brazil to consider reducing tariffs, and Brazil would then make its own offers.
The terms have not been disclosed, and the two sides have held informal talks while US officials work on the draft.
The dispute began after the US imposed tariffs of up to 37.5% on Brazilian goods in 2025; Brazil has challenged the legal basis for the measures.
Brazil also took the dispute to the World Trade Organization, where it has yet to make progress.
Brazilian exports to the US fell 6.5% in January through September 2026 compared with the same period a year earlier.
Brazil will respond after receiving the US proposal, but the sources do not say when a deal might be reached.
Brazil expects to receive a US proposal for a possible agreement on tariffs by next week, Development Minister Márcio Elias Rosa said.
The proposal is expected to identify sectors where the United States would seek Brazilian offers to reduce tariffs.
Rosa said Brazil would respond after receiving the proposal, but that its contents were not yet known.
Brazil disputes the legal basis for US tariffs on Brazilian products and has taken the matter to the World Trade Organization.
Brazilian exports to the United States fell 6.5% in January-September 2026 compared with the same period a year earlier.
- Who
- Brazil and the United States. Brazil's Development Minister Márcio Elias Rosa announced the expectation.
- What
- Brazil expects a US proposal for a possible agreement on tariffs.
- When
- By next week, according to Rosa's expectation.
- Where
- The announcement was made in Brasília, Brazil.
- Why
- US authorities are preparing a proposal on a possible agreement over tariffs applied to Brazilian products.
Brazil
United States
Legal basis
Brazil
Brazil disputes the legal basis for the US tariffs and has taken the matter to the World Trade Organization.
United States
The United States cited alleged anticompetitive practices and insufficient restrictions on imports made with forced labor as grounds for the tariffs.
The first US tariff increase was announced, according to Estadão.
The United States imposed tariffs of up to 37.5% on a range of Brazilian products, according to Estadão.
Rosa said Brazil expected to receive a US proposal by the following week.
- Expected proposal
- By next week
- Brazilian minister
- Márcio Elias Rosa
- Maximum tariff cited
- 37.5%
- Brazilian exports to US
- US$27.46 billion in January-September 2026
- Change in exports
- Down 6.5% year over year
What people are saying
I imagine that from this week or the next Brazil should receive the document from the US.
There is no advance knowledge of the substance of the content yet.
No, nothing, it changes absolutely nothing.