{"id":631639,"date":"2026-07-19T09:30:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T09:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/?p=832013"},"modified":"2026-07-19T09:30:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T09:30:02","slug":"the-target-is-pix-why-the-us-is-imposing-unprecedented-tariffs-over-brazils-free-payment-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/19\/the-target-is-pix-why-the-us-is-imposing-unprecedented-tariffs-over-brazils-free-payment-system\/","title":{"rendered":"The Target Is Pix: Why the US Is Imposing Unprecedented Tariffs Over Brazil\u2019s Free Payment System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ustr-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"USTR office\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/>The decision, applied under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, was taken by the USTR after a year-long investigation that found certain circumstances in Brazil, including Pix payments, were &#8220;unreasonable&#8221; and burdened or restricted &#8220;the commerce of American farmers, workers, innovators, and exporters.&#8221; USTR Applies 25% Tariffs on Brazilian Goods with Pix Payments [&#8230;] <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The decision, applied under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, was taken by the USTR after a year-long investigation that found certain circumstances in Brazil, including Pix payments, were &#8220;unreasonable&#8221; and burdened or restricted &#8220;the commerce of American farmers, workers, innovators, and exporters.&#8221; USTR Applies 25% Tariffs on Brazilian Goods with Pix Payments [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":631640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-631639","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bitcoin"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}