The Republican-led US Senate passed legislation on Tuesday that would overturn President Donald Trump's tariffs against Brazil by terminating the national emergency he declared in July in retaliation for Brazil's prosecution of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, for an alleged coup attempt.

In the first of three tariff bills expected in the Senate this week, lawmakers approved the Brazil measure 52-48, with five Republicans crossing partisan lines to back the legislation.

Legislative measures to terminate Trump's tariffs on Canada and his tariffs against other countries around the globe are expected to come up for votes later this week.

The vote sent the Brazil measure on to the Republican-controlled US House of Representatives, where it is expected to be shelved. House Republicans h

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