Money managers from Aberdeen Group Plc to Franklin Templeton are staying bullish on Brazil, betting the country will withstand its unexpected turn in the epicenter of Donald Trump’s trade war. One reason: The fairly closed Brazilian economy,

Protestors in Sao Paulo made an effigy of the US president, and then set it on fire. As the paper POTUS went up in flames, they cheered and chanted "Brazil is ours," and "Trump out." The protest was in response to the Trump administration's plan to increase tariffs on imports of Brazilian goods from 10% to 50%.

President Donald Trump announced a blanket 50% tariff on imports from Brazil, citing his anger over the country's treatment of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro. Trump's tariffs would be imposed using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act,

One of the highest tariffs threatened by President Trump so far is against Brazil, with the president citing a criminal prosecution against Jair Bolsonaro.

Brazil believes it can withstand Trump’s 50 percent tariff, and aides to Lula say he is unlikely to shrink from a confrontation with the White House.

Donald Trump threatened to impose a 50% tariff on Brazil over its domestic political affairs, the most extreme case yet of the US president weaponizing trade policy to make unrelated demands.Trump cited the treatment of former President Jair Bolsonaro — a right-wing populist leader — in his letter to Brazil on Wednesday,