In an official statement, the Executive Branch asserted that the investigation, initiated on July 15, 2025, was promoted by the Bolsonaro family and linked to attempts at foreign interference in national matters.

  Furthermore, it described as regrettable that the dialogue efforts undertaken with the US administration, including direct contacts between Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Donald Trump, were “sabotaged by purely electoral and family interests.”

  As a result of the investigation, the United States threatened to impose an additional 25 percent tariff on Brazilian products starting July 15.

  Washington justifies the decision by citing trade practices allegedly detrimental to U.S. companies, including digital policies, the Pix payment system, intellectual property deficiencies, and purported barriers to accessing the Brazilian market.

  The Brazilian administration noted that, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, the United States accumulated a trade surplus of $424.5 billion in goods and services with Brazil between 2011 and 2025.

  It also highlighted that the Brazilian market remains largely open to U.S. products, and that, by 2025, 76 percent of imports from the United States entered the country duty-free.

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