Brazil’s popular payment system upsets U.S.
Oct. 06, 2025
Q: Millions of Brazilians are using a fast and free digital payment system for all their purchases and to pay all their bills. About 80% of the population uses the PIX system, triggering harsh criticism from the Trump administration which says it hurts U.S. companies like Visa, Apple, and Google. Where is Brazil, the largest country in South America?
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Q: The long relationship between the two most populous nations in the Western Hemisphere has grown tense this year. Why did President Donald Trump impose a 50% tariff on Brazilian goods?
A. Brazil’s big trade surplus
B. Brazil’s big tariff on U.S.
C. Brazil’s trial of Trump’s pal
Q: Before the tariff increase, what share of Brazil’s exports went to the United States?
A. 30%
B. 23%
C. 16%
D. 10%
Q: A tariff fight earlier this year left U.S. soybean farmers out in the cold as their biggest customer, China, took its business to South America. Brazil and which other nation are reaping billions of dollars by selling more soybeans to China?
A. Argentina
B. Bolivia
C. Colombia
D. Ecuador
Q: The PIX digital payment system in Brazil could serve as a blueprint for the BRICS alliance of developing economies as it attempts to create an international payment platform and reduce its reliance on the U.S. dollar. Brazil is a member BRICS. Which of these nations is NOT a member of the economic alliance?
A. Russia
B. Indonesia
C. China
D. South Africa
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