Link. In part:
The US Senate took a stand against Donald Trump’s global tariffs affecting more than 100 countries on Thursday, voting to nullify the so-called “reciprocal” tariffs.
Four Republicans joined with all Democrats to vote 51-47 on a resolution to end the base-level tariffs that the president put into place via executive order.
It was the third time the Republicans have voted alongside Democrats on a tariff resolution this week, previously rallying to end tariffs targeting Brazil and Canada.
Going against Trump is rare for Republicans in his second term. But Republican senators Susan Collins of Maine, Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul of Kentucky, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska joined the opposition party.
The vote comes as Trump is wrapping up a week in Asia, where he struck a deal with China to lower tariffs on Chinese goods into the country and get China to buy up US soya beans, a pain point of the trade wars that had farmers on edge, among other concessions.
Despite the opposition in the Senate, the House is unlikely to take any similar action.
The economy and its health stands apart from other questionable things, Crypto and Stephen Miller for examples. Hegseth and Noem can posture, but tariffs have so strong an effect that the Senate spoke.
Also that link to a rebuke of the Brazilian situation, where the linked item notes:
Trump has imposed 50% tariffs on Brazil, tying them to what he has called a “witch-hunt” prosecution of his far-right ally, the former president, Jair Bolsonaro. In July, he declared a national emergency with respect to “recent policies, practices, and actions of the Government of Brazil” that he said amounts to an “unusual and extraordinary threat”. Bolsonaro was convicted in September and sentenced to 27 years in prison for attempting a military coup in 2022.
“This president has said that their prosecution of a disgraced former politician is a national emergency for the United States. How could that be?” Kaine said in advance of the vote, accusing Trump of attempting an “end-run” around Congress. “If this is a national emergency for the United States, any president of any party could say that anything is a national emergency for the United States.”
Kaine also noted that the US ran a trade surplus of nearly $7bn with Brazil last year.
That was one of the most galling things Trump did, and saying that, you get a feel for how bad it was/is.
UPDATE: Another outlet from the UK reporting.