American coffee buyers are shunning fresh deals with top grower Brazil after President Donald Trump’s 50% tariff took effect this month.

Companies are avoiding new contracts and looking for wiggle room in existing ones to avoid having to pay the higher levies, according to a dozen brokers, roasters and exporters contacted by Bloomberg. Some US buyers are asking for extended shipping timelines in the hopes that tariffs may be eased later, according to Brazil’s exporter group Cecafé.

Deals between the US and Brazil have “totally stalled,” said coffee broker Thiago Cazarini. “No one’s really buying anything.”

About a third of America’s unroasted coffee typically comes from Brazil, a country Trump has been immersed in a trade conflict with, in part due to what he calls the “politically mot

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