President Donald Trump is singling out Brazil for import taxes of 50%, citing its treatment of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro.

One of the highest tariffs threatened by President Trump so far is against Brazil, with the president citing a criminal prosecution against Jair Bolsonaro.

Brazil's government expects the 50% tariff U.S. President Donald Trump announced earlier this week on all goods from the South American country to have little impact on its economic growth this year,

The president signaled he would seek to use the threat of steep levies to reorient trade and protect his political allies.

"I’ll be watching the WITCH HUNT of Jair Bolsonaro, his family, and thousands of his supporters, very closely," Trump stated. "The only Trial that should be happening is a Trial by the Voters of Brazil — It’s called an Election." The one area where Trump and Bolsonaro differ is in their pre-politics past.

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he planned to hit Brazil with a 50% tariff, in part because of the treatment of its former president Jair Bolsonaro, his political ally.

And the president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), Samir Xaud, opened up about Brazil's chances of winning this bid: "They are very good. Since my first conversation with President Gianni Infantino, FIFA's receptivity was clear. He smiled when he heard our idea," Xaud told the newspaper O Globo this Saturday (12).

Lula issued a rebuke to Trump’s trade tariffs and firmly refused his demand that the case against the Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro be dropped.

President Trump vowed to impose 50% tariffs on imports from Brazil, citing a "witch hunt" of Brazil's former president.

President Donald Trump's threat to boost import taxes by 50% on Brazilian goods stands to raise the cost of Brazilian exports, with coffee and orange juice among several key products that may see price increases if no trade agreement is reached by Aug.