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Brazil threatens IP retaliation amidst US trade investigation

By Nick Robertson and Zack Budryk ( July 24, 2025, 17:02 GMT | Comment) -- As the Trump administration initiates a Section 301 trade investigation into Brazil over its treatment of US social media sites and disgraced former President Jair Bolsonaro, the Brazilian government threatens its own retaliation. The country’s Economic Reciprocity Law could fast-track compulsory patent licensing and hurt US pharmaceutical companies.A trade dispute between the US and Brazil has now bubbled into threats that could impact both countries’ economies. Following threats of a 50 percent US tariff on Brazil, the Brazilian government implemented the Economic Reciprocity Law, enabling it to institute its own retaliatory tariffs, suspend trade agreements and even suspend intellectual property rights. ...

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