The potential 25% tariff on all imports from Brazil has become a major issue in the presidential campaign, the 6x1 proposal will be analyzed in the CCJ first, and Lula will hold a cabinet meeting today

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 03 Jun 2026 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

The threat by the United States to impose a 25% tariff on Brazilian exports has become a major issue in the presidential campaign. The Lula administration is attempting to link the issue to Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. Yesterday, Senate President Davi Alcolumbre (União Brasil-AP) stated that the constitutional amendment proposal (PEC) aimed at ending the six-days-on, one-day-off (6x1) work schedule will not proceed directly to the Senate floor. Instead, it must first be reviewed by the Senate Constitution and Justice Committee (CCJ). President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) will hold a cabinet meeting today, Wednesday (September 3), marking only the second such meeting of the year.

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