特朗普总统对巴西征收关税，并对一名巴西法官实施制裁，原因是白宫称这是对巴西前总统雅伊尔·博索纳罗的“出于政治动机的迫害”。
特朗普签署了一项行政命令，对巴西再征收40%的关税，与10%的基准关税相结合，使其总关税率达到50%。根据白宫关于此举的一份情况介绍，特朗普采取行动是为了“应对巴西政府最近的政策、做法和行动，这些政策、做法和行动对美国的国家安全、外交政策和经济构成了不寻常和非同寻常的威胁”。
这情况说明书称对博尔索纳罗的刑事指控“对巴西前总统雅伊尔·博索纳罗及其数千名支持者的政治迫害、恐吓、骚扰、审查和起诉是严重侵犯人权的行为”，破坏了巴西的法治。
关税确实对一些关键的进口产品有例外。橙汁、飞机和能源等商品可以免税，这可能会降低关税的影响。
与此同时，美国财政部今天宣布了对巴西最高联邦法院法官亚历山大·德·莫赖斯(Alexandre de Moraes)的制裁，他们声称他“利用职务之便授权任意审前拘留并压制言论自由。”
“亚历山大·德·莫赖斯(Alexandre de Moraes)在一场针对美国和巴西公民和公司的非法政治迫害中担任法官和陪审团，”财政部长斯科特·贝森特(Scott Bessent)在一份新闻稿中说。“德·莫赖斯应对压迫性的审查运动、侵犯人权的任意拘留和政治化的起诉负责——包括对前总统雅伊尔·博索纳罗的起诉。”
博尔索纳罗因未遂政变在巴西受到指控。特朗普和博尔索纳罗一直关系密切，博尔索纳罗试图在今年1月前往美国参加特朗普的就职典礼，但这一请求被德莫赖斯拒绝。
Trump slaps tariffs on Brazil, sanctions Brazilian judge over Bolsonaro charges
President Trump is slapping tariffs on Brazil and sanctions on a Brazilian judge over what the White House says is a "politically motivated persecution" of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro.
Trump signed an executive order slapping another 40% tariff on Brazil, bringing its total tariff rate to 50% when combined with the 10% baseline tariff. Trump took the action to "deal with recent policies, practices, and actions by the Government of Brazil that constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States," according to a White House fact sheet about the move.
Thefact sheetsaid that the criminal charges against Bolsonaro's "politically motivated persecution, intimidation, harassment, censorship, and prosecution of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and thousands of his supporters are serious human rights abuses" have undermined Brazil's rule of law.
The tariffs do have carve-outs for some key imports. There are exemptions on goods including orange juice, aircraft and energy, which could reduce the impact of the duties.
That comes as the Treasury Department announced today sanctions on Alexandre de Moraes, a Brazilian Supreme Federal Court justice, who they claim has "used his position to authorize arbitrary pre-trial detentions and suppress freedom of expression."
"Alexandre de Moraes has taken it upon himself to be judge and jury in an unlawful witch hunt against U.S. and Brazilian citizens and companies,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a press release. "De Moraes is responsible for an oppressive campaign of censorship, arbitrary detentions that violate human rights, and politicized prosecutions—including against former President Jair Bolsonaro."
Bolsonaro has been charged in Brazil for an attempted coup d état. Trump and Bolsonaro have long been close, Bolsonaro attempted to travel to the U.S. for Trump's inauguration in January of this year, but that request was declined by de Moraes.
