Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says that his government has not been successful in trying to negotiate the 50% tariff on Brazilian imports that U.S.

U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to impose a new 50% tariff on all Brazilian products from Aug. 1 could devastate the South American nation's citrus belt, as factories scale back production and orange farmers consider leaving fruit to rot amid a sharp drop in prices.

US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that new trade duties will have a minimum rate of 15%, with the possibility of reaching 50%, and suggested that Brazil will be the only country subjected to the maximum rate among those that received letters in the past few weeks.