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Trump’s new red line is a risk for Brazil

Lula dusted off his “Brazil belongs to Brazilians” cap — and made his cabinet strike the same pose in matching headgear. Photo: Ricardo Stuckert/PR
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has sharpened his rhetoric against Washington after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose steep tariffs on countries that move to regulate or tax American tech giants.
In a Monday night post on Truth Social, Trump declared that …

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