President Trump's tariff onslaught left a lot of losers, from small, poor countries such as Laos and Algeria to wealthy U.S. trading partners such as Canada and Switzerland. But there were no real winners -- including the U.

The president typically ties his tariffs to trade policy, but he hit Brazilian products with the highest rate of any country's goods largely due to politics.

By Luciana Magalhaes and Lisandra Paraguassu SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday slapped a 50% tariff on most Brazilian goods to fight what he has called a "witch hunt" against former President Jair Bolsonaro,