Senate Passes Resolution Ending 50% Brazil Tariffs

The Senate voted 52-48 to approve S.J.Res.81, a Tim Kaine-led resolution terminating the national emergency President Trump used to impose roughly 50% tariffs on most Brazilian imports, including coffee and beef. Five Republicans — Mitch McConnell, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Rand Paul and Thom Tillis — joined every Democrat to pass the measure. Lawmakers said the tariffs act as a tax on American consumers, harm U.S. farms, manufacturers and supply chains, and represent an overreach of emergency trade powers. The vote is largely symbolic because House Republican rules make further action unlikely and the president would almost certainly veto any repeal; sponsors said this is the first of several Senate moves to challenge Trump’s tariff actions, including measures aimed at tariffs on Canada.