A bilateral meeting between Brazil and the United States on tariffs concluded with Brasilia formally characterizing Washington's measures as unfair. Both governments agreed to hold a follow-up session at the ministerial level.
The ministerial commitment is the concrete outcome. Escalating to that tier moves the conversation out of technical channels and into one where governments typically negotiate positions with real weight behind them.
Brazil's framing of the tariffs as unfair is the load-bearing position from the session. It signals that Brasilia's ask goes beyond adjusting rates: the measures themselves, as a matter of fairness, are the subject of the dispute. Any resolution will need to address that.
No figures on the tariff rates in question were released, and neither side named a date for the ministerial meeting.