After months of delay, higher tariffs that President Donald Trump had vowed to impose on goods imported from dozens of countries went into effect on Aug. 7. Trump has made a series of false and misleading statements to justify his new tariff policies.

Trump has tied tariffs so large they are effectively sanctions to an issue Lula’s government has made clear it won’t negotiate on.

This comes after months of Trump threatening to levy high taxes on some of the nation’s top trading partners despite experts warning that it will drive up costs for U.S. consumers. Products coming from the European Union,