BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s government has filed a request for consultations at the World Trade Organization over the tariffs imposed by the United States on goods from that country, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

Local newspaper Folha de S.Paulo was first to report the news.

President Donald Trump slapped a 50% tariff on U.S. imports from Brazil, with many exemptions, in response to what he has called a “witch hunt” against his Brazilian ally former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is on trial on charges of plotting a coup following his election loss in 2022.

Brazil had previously voiced plans to file the formal complaint at the WTO, even though that dispute settlement system has been stalled since the first Trump administration.

(Reporting by Marcela Ayres; Additional reporting by Isabel Teles; Editing by Gabriel Araujo and Bill Berkrot)