U.S. President Donald Trump singled out Brazil for import taxes of 50 per cent on Wednesday over its treatment of former president Jair Bolsonaro, suggesting that personal grudges rather than simple economics are playing a part in the U.

Brazil’s President forcefully rebuked Trump after the U.S. leader called the prosecution of Lula’s predecessor, Bolsonaro, a “witch hunt” and hiked tariffs on the Latin American nation.