Senate approves Democratic resolution to block Trump's tariffs on Brazil

The Senate voted on Tuesday to approve a resolution that would block Trump's tariffs on Brazil, with five Republicans joining Democrats to back the measure in a rebuke to the president.

Led by Sen. Tim Kaine, a Virginia Democrat, the resolution would terminate the national emergency that the administration is using to impose 50% tariffs on goods from Brazil.

"President Trump's tariff regime — global, Brazilian tariffs, Canadian tariffs, tariff deals announced then paused, tariff deals negotiated, exceptions granted and in some cases not granted — have created huge chaos in the national economy," Kaine said in a speech on the Senate floor before the vote. "Tariffs are a tax on American consumers. Tariffs are a tax on American businesses. And they are a tax that is imposed by a single person: Donald J. Trump."