Overview

• Both leaders described the Monday call as friendly, with Trump publicly calling Lula a good man and agreeing to keep talking.
• Lula said he told Trump that restoring good relations depends on reversing U.S. tariff hikes and ending sanctions on Brazilian officials.
• Brazil assigned Vice President Geraldo Alckmin and ministers Fernando Haddad and Mauro Vieira to lead talks, while Lula said U.S. negotiations would be led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
• The two signaled plans to meet in person in the future, though no date has been set.
• Lula cited his strongest past U.S. relationship with George W. Bush to underscore potential rapport with a Republican leader, and he raised lifting visa suspensions and Magnitsky-linked penalties without naming individuals.