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US coffee, orange juice prices to rise if Trump's Brazil tariffs stick
By May Angel and Marcelo Teixeira LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. consumers face sharp price rises on food staples like coffee and orange juice if the Trump administration sticks to its plan to slap 50% tariffs on all imports from Brazil, traders...

EU energy transition: European commission announces Strategic Projects outside of the EU to boost critical materials value chain
Following the commission’s announcement in March of the first 47 Strategic Projects under the EU Critical Raw Materials Act (Act) located within the EU (discussed in our previous article, the commission has confirmed 13 Strategic Projects located...

OPEC forecasts US oil production to peak in 2030
VIENNA, July 10. /TASS/. The United States is projected to reach peak production of liquid hydrocarbons at 23 mln barrels per day (bpd) in the early 2030s, after which output will gradually decline through 2050, according to OPEC’s latest...

US hits Brazil with tariff, Delta earnings, Bitcoin record: 3 Things
00:00 Speaker A Here are the things you need to know before the opening bell rings. Well, let's start with trade once again. Well, on Wednesday, President Trump followed through with a new round of levies, including a 50% tariff on Brazil. His...

Policy Updates | Trump to impose tariffs on Brazil, copper imports on Aug. 1
Trump to impose 50% tariffs on Brazil, copper imports on Aug. 1... President Donald Trump warned Brazil he will impose a 50% tariff on all Brazilian exports to the U.S. starting Aug. 1 unless President Lula da Silva halts what Trump called a...

Brazil’s $140M Bank Heist Pulled Off For Just $2.7K
In a jaw-dropping breach of trust and security, hackers stole an estimated $140 million (roughly R$800 million) from six Brazilian banks after bribing an IT employee for a mere $2,700. The cyberattack, which occurred on June 30, 2025, targeted C&M...

US coffee, orange juice prices could surge if Trump’s Brazil tariffs stick
By May Angel and Marcelo Teixeira LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. consumers face sharp price rises on food staples like coffee and orange juice if the Trump administration sticks to its plan to slap 50% tariffs on all imports from Brazil, traders...

Trump pledges stunning tariffs on Brazil for following its own laws
President Donald Trump sent his Brazilian counterpart a stunning letter Wednesday, informing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva that his country would face a new 50% tariff "due in part to...the way Brazil has treated" former Brazilian President...

Huawei waits for Brazil’s tax policy to enter Brazil’s data hub market
Huawei is interested in investing in Brazil’s data center market but is waiting for the government to introduce a planned tax break scheme, a company executive said on Wednesday. Atilio Rulli, Huawei’s vice president of public relations for Latin...

New 50% tariffs on goods from Brazil; PETA sues American Kennel Club | Hot off the Wire
On today's episode: A tunnel collapsed in Los Angeles; President Donald trump imposed a 50% import tax on Brazil for its treatment of its former president; Russia conducted more airstrikes on Ukraine; a human rights court rules in favor of an...
Overlooked and Under-Marketed: “Gen X” Emerges as Most Influential Global Consumer Cohort, According to NIQ and World Data Lab
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 10, 2025-- NielsenIQ (“NIQ”), in collaboration with World Data Lab (WDL), today issued a comprehensive generational spending report focused on Gen X. The X Factor: How Generation X is quietly driving trillions in...

Brazil and China to study South American transcontinental railway project
Brazil and China agreed on Monday to study the feasibility of a transcontinental railway that could reshape South America’s trade routes by connecting Brazil’s Atlantic Ocean coast to Peru’s Pacific Ocean port of Chancay. The memorandum of...

US crude supplies to India surge 50% in H1 2025, inflows from Brazil up 80%
India’s crude oil inflows from the US surged more than 50% in the first half of 2025, compared with the same period of 2024, while imports from Brazil rose 80% over the same period, as per data from the S&P Global commodity Insights. The trend...
Shares of Brazil's Embraer slide as analysts warn of impact from Trump tariffs
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Shares of Brazilian planemaker Embraer fell sharply on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would impose a 50% tariff on all imports from the South American country. Analysts warned that the world's third-largest...

How Lula’s Brazil Has Become China’s CCP Poster Boy
(Analysis) China’s presence in Brazil now extends far beyond electric vehicles. In recent years, Chinese companies and state-backed investors have rapidly expanded their footprint across Brazil’s most strategic sectors—energy, mining,...

Trump threatens Brazil with 50% tariffs over ‘witch hunt’ trial of ex-president Bolsonaro
(CNN) — US President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened Brazil with a crippling tariff of 50% starting August 1, according to a letter he sent to the country’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. In the letter posted on Truth Social, Trump...
Trump's 50% levy on Brazil shows world nothing is off limits
(Bloomberg) — 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. Most Read from Bloomberg Trump cited the...

Trump Threatens Brazil With 50% Tariff and Demands Bolsonaro Trial End — A Dangerous Game of Interference
Trump’s Latest Tariff Threat Against Brazil: Political Pressure Masquerading as Trade Policy US President Donald Trump has escalated tensions with Brazil by threatening a staggering 50% tariff on Brazilian goods and demanding the immediate halt to...

How Decades of Power-Drunk Elites Are Boomeranging on Brazil
(Op-Ed Analysis) On July 9, 2025, a thunderbolt struck Brazil’s already faltering political establishment: U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a decisive 50% tariff on all Brazilian imports. It was the strongest assertion yet that America will no...

China’s energy dominance in three charts
So while we all try to get our heads around what’s next for climate tech in the US and beyond, let’s look at just how dominant China is when it comes to clean energy, as documented in three charts. China is on an absolute tear installing wind and...