Trump, had it not been speaking for 30 minutes, exchange numbers and a Brazilian president is asking again about raising a 40 % tariff

The leaders spoke for 30 minutes, exchanged phone numbers, and repeated if it were not for his call to Trump to attend The upcoming climate summit in PleimAccording to a statement from Lula’s office.

Later, Trump posted on the social truth that he had a good conversation with Lula. “We have discussed many things, but he was mostly focused on the economy and trade between our two countries,” Trump wrote, adding that the leaders “will learn more discussions, and will meet in the non -far -long future, whether in Brazil or the United States.”

The Trump administration imposed a 40 % tariff on Brazilian products in July as well as a 10 % tariff imposed earlier. Lula Trump reminded that Brazil was one of the three G20 countries that the United States maintains a trade surplus.

Trump administration It justifies definitions He said that Brazil’s policies and criminal prosecution of former President Gere Bolsonaro are an economic state of emergency. Earlier this month, Bolsonaro was convicted of an attempt to coup after he lost his presentation to his re -election in 2022 and a committee from the Supreme Court He was sentenced to 27 years in prison and three months.

Lula was also offered to travel to Washington to meet Trump, to continue the conversation they started when they started when They met at the United Nations General Assembly Earlier this month.