Senate Republicans defy Vance's warning, vote to block Trump's Brazil tariffs amid shutdown

Vance argued after the lunch that tariffs give Trump leverage to craft new trade deals that benefit the country and urged Republicans not to break ranks against the president. Trump initially used emergency powers to enact stiffer tariffs on Brazil in July and argued "that the scope and gravity of the recent policies, practices, and actions of the Government of Brazil constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat" to the U.S. "It makes no sense to impose tariffs on Brazil, and it’s just being done to back up the president’s friend," Kaine told reporters ahead of the vote.