Brazil rejects new US tariff proposal after 25% levy announced on imports

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has rejected a new United States tariff proposal, saying he could "not accept the treatment" his country had received. The comments came after Washington announced a 25 percent tariff on certain Brazilian imports, in a move that appears to have reversed an emerging detente between the two governments. Lula said he had left a meeting with US President Donald Trump in May believing relations were improving.