If Congress votes against the bill, Brazilian officials said they could retaliate by raising import duties on American goods or by disregarding intellectual property agreements with the United States.
By 1967, import duties on most industrial goods had been abolished.
By evading import duties and shipping costs, black-market dealers undercut local bottlers.
Finally, by reducing import duties on Spanish wine, he aroused opposition that toppled his government in February 1906.
In 1663 the laws were revised to prevent prices from falling too low, by including import duties when the home price did not exceed a specified level.
Initially, he said, automakers were hesitant to enter a market beset by high import duties and road taxes, and skeptical about India's rapid creation of wealth.
Indeed, India has already threatened to ask the World Trade Organization to investigate whether the European Union is unfairly helping Pakistan by eliminating import duties.
The bill, passed in 1913, sought to promote international trade by lowering import duties (and, to make up for the expected loss of revenue, levied the first federal income tax).
As if to underscore that point, Mr. Putin announced on Friday new supports for the domestic banking sector and, while visiting factories in a rust-belt area of Russia, suggested he would help them by reviewing import duties on heavy machinery.
In addition, Trump has stoked a trade war with the European Union, Canada and Mexico by imposing import duties on steel and aluminum imports.
