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Podcast: Tariffs, loans and spy games

Podcast: Tariffs, loans and spy games

Brazil learns its tariff fate amid Trump’s Liberation Day announcement. Major demand for a new loan program offers hope for Lula’s popularity. Brazil and Paraguay get into a tangle over espionage revelations

The Brazilian Report

Apr 4, 2025

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1 min read

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🫴 What Lula wants

Lula’s to-do list for his meeting with Trump. Are markets right to complain about the government’s likely Central Bank pick? Brazil is still vastly unequal, despite advances.

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🥭 Brazil puts its best fruit forward

Despite concern about US tariffs, Brazilian fruit exports had another record-breaking year in 2025. Now the sector sets its sights across the Atlantic.

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