Treasury Department freezes assets of Brazilian Supreme Court Justice, Alexandre de Moraes, who is helping lead a case against Brazil's former right-wing president.

The US president has imposed a 50 per cent tariff on most Brazilian exports from August 6 to press his demand that the country halts the trial of Bolsonaro, which he has called a “witch-hunt”. The levy is the highest country-specific tariff rate in his broader trade war.