A statement by the White House said Brazil’s judiciary had tried to coerce social media companies and block their users, though it did not name the companies involved, X and Rumble.

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order ending a global tariff exemption used by shoppers of low-cost goods. The order, signed on Wednesday, comes into force on 29 August and broadens earlier presidential action that specifically targeted cheap products from China and Hong Kong to now cover the rest of the world.

The U.S. excluded several of Brazil's major exports from the 50% tariff President Donald Trump signed into an executive order on Wednesday, including orange juice, some aircraft, wood pulp and energy products,