July 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Wednesday that at President Donald Trump's direction, he is imposing a 25% tariff on certain Brazilian goods  under Section 301 of the Trade Act. 

The action follows a year-long USTR probe that found Brazilian policies on digital trade, tariffs, intellectual property, ethanol access and deforestation burden U.S. commerce, the USTR said in a statement.

Reuters reported a day before that Brazil is bracing for the United States to impose a new 25% tariff on thousands of its imports after months of intensive but largely unproductive negotiations, citing three people familiar with the matter. 

(Reporting by Devika Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)