The president typically ties his tariffs to trade policy, but he hit Brazilian products with the highest rate of any country's goods largely due to politics.

US President Donald Trump’s 50% tariff on goods from commodities powerhouse Brazil is upending crop markets, sending orange juice prices tumbling and coffee rising.

B y the time you read this article, there’s a chance that President Donald Trump will have changed his policy on tariffs yet again. Since his first day in office this term, Trump has been making plans to tax imported goods from other countries into the U.