Kevin Hassett appeared to deflect questions on how the new tariff will benefit America despite the U.S. having a trade surplus with the South American country.

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett defended Donald Trump’s newly unveiled 50% tariff against Brazil on ABC News ...

Brazil’s oil exports to the US face potential disruption from threatened tariffs, prompting the country and its ...

Kevin Hassett, a top economic advisor to President Trump, was out defending the administration's threat of a 50% tariff on ...

EU’s von der Leyen says bloc will safeguard its interests, ‘including the adoption of proportionate countermeasures’.

Doubling down on his trade wars, President Trump is threatening to raise taxes on many goods from Canada and punish Brazil ...

President Donald Trump has managed to make his erratic trade policies even more baffling to countries desperate to negotiate an escape from his wrath. Doubling down on his trade wars, Trump is ...

"It will be very disappointing if the Brazilian episcopate fails to express its opinion against such an unprecedented attack, ...

US President Donald Trump has announced that all imports from Canada will have a 35% tariff as of August 1. He sent a letter ...

US trading partners trying to navigate the final weeks of negotiations before President Donald Trump’s so-called reciprocal ...

A rush transcript of "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" airing on Sunday, July 13, 2025 on ABC News is below. This copy may not be in its final form, may be updated and may contain minor ...

After some wait Sri Lanka received Trump’s tariff letter – really the same ‘form letter’ sent to different countries, and not ...