Trump: No promises regarding steel and aluminum tariffs on Brazil
2020-03-09 08:44:49 [Print]
President Donald Trump praised the United States' relationship with Brazil under Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro last Saturday, but declined to say whether he would impose steel and aluminum tariffs on the South American country.
Ahead of a dinner between the two men at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, Trump was asked if he would continue to hold off placing new tariffs on Brazilian steel and aluminum. Trump responded that the United States had helped Brazil, but said he would not make any promises regarding tariffs.
The Western Hemisphere's two largest economies had been embroiled in a trade spat over U.S. metal tariffs. But Bolsonaro last December said Trump had told him there would be no new U.S. tariffs on Brazilian steel and aluminum.
A senior U.S. administration official told earlier last Saturday that the two leaders were expected to discuss the crisis in Venezuela, economic ties and the possibility of a U.S.-Brazil trade agreement.
Ahead of a dinner between the two men at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, Trump was asked if he would continue to hold off placing new tariffs on Brazilian steel and aluminum. Trump responded that the United States had helped Brazil, but said he would not make any promises regarding tariffs.
The Western Hemisphere's two largest economies had been embroiled in a trade spat over U.S. metal tariffs. But Bolsonaro last December said Trump had told him there would be no new U.S. tariffs on Brazilian steel and aluminum.
A senior U.S. administration official told earlier last Saturday that the two leaders were expected to discuss the crisis in Venezuela, economic ties and the possibility of a U.S.-Brazil trade agreement.
