Trump exempts some agricultural goods from Brazil tariffs

The 50 percent tariffs President Trump has imposed on Brazil will no longer apply to some agricultural goods, the president said in an executive order issued on Thursday, citing progress in negotiations. Trump in July announced the 50 percent rate -- an increase of 40 percentage points -- on goods from Brazil because of its prosecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro and its digital policies, which he said discriminate against U.S. companies. Relations between the U.S. and Brazil have since...