President Donald Trump is expanding tariff breaks for Brazilian food products, widening the scope of relief from import taxes amid growing U.S. voter dissatisfaction over the cost of living.

An executive order Trump signed on Thursday would exempt dozens of popular food items from a 40% levy he imposed on goods from Brazil earlier this year. Last week, the president knocked a separate 10% duty off those items, but did not originally include the higher rate, which was intended to punish the country over its prosecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro.

The changes are retroactive to Nov. 13. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva hailed the decision at the Sao Paulo auto show on Thursday night following the announcement.

“Today I’m happy, because President Trump has already star

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