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Thailand plans to warn the Trump administration that high US tariffs could jeopardise military cooperation, including the Cobra Gold exercises that anchor America's oldest security alliance in Asia.
Singapore is now subject to a 12.5% tariff on roughly one-third of its exports to the United States, part of President Trump's effort to reconstruct his tariff framework after courts dismantled its previous legal foundation.
Brazil has rejected new 12.5% US tariffs imposed under a Section 301 investigation, calling them protectionist and arbitrary. The country will challenge the decision at the WTO and activate domestic reciprocity mechanisms.