US President Donald Trump’s threat to slap a 50 per cent import tax on goods from Brazil has sparked anxiety in the country’s farms and ranches over the potential damage to its world-leading shipments of orange juice, coffee and beef.

VASSOURAS, Brazil (Reuters) -Coffee growers in Vassouras, in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state, are hoping for an eleventh-hour reprieve before the country is subject to tariffs of 50% on its exports to the United States.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Thursday that his government has not been successful in trying to negotiate the 50% tariff on Brazilian imports that U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to impose.