2025-08-14
26 分钟Hello and welcome to World Business Report from the BBC World Service.
I'm Leanna Byrne and on this edition,
Brazil is rolling out a multi-billion dollar rescue plan after the US slapped tariffs of up to 50% on some of its exports.
Also,
remember that controversial deal we've been talking about that forced NVIDIA and AMD to hand over a cut of their Chinese sales to the US Treasury?
Well, this could be copied in other industries.
And would you take your shoes off?
Shoes off at work.
We'll find out why some US tech startups are going shoeless in the office.
But first, let's start with Brazil.
Because when it comes to US tariffs, Brazil is one of the hardest countries hit.
So it's just come up with a plan to help companies after the United States slapped import tariffs as up to 50%.
So here's the plan.
Brazil's president, Lula da Silva,
says more than $5 billion in credit will be made available to affected companies and has agreed to buy the goods.
made by firms that had their contracts suspended since the tariffs came in earlier this month.
The Trump administration's linking the tariffs to what it calls restrictions on free speech and the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro over an alleged coup attempt in 2023.
President Bolsonaro is a good man.
I've gotten to know a lot of prime ministers and presidents and kings and queens and I know him and I'm pretty good at this.
President...