Overview

• Both presidents agreed to meet soon, with Trump saying sessions will occur in the United States and Brazil, and Brazil proposing the late‑October ASEAN summit or November’s COP30 as options.
• The leaders exchanged personal phone numbers to keep a direct line open and appointed negotiators to lead follow‑up talks.
• Trump designated Secretary of State Marco Rubio to coordinate with Brazil’s Vice President Geraldo Alckmin and ministers Mauro Vieira and Fernando Haddad.
• Brazil is pressing to remove additional tariffs reported at roughly 40–50% on many exports and to end U.S. visa and financial restrictions on officials, measures imposed in response to the Bolsonaro prosecution.
• Lula argued the tariffs lack commercial basis by noting a U.S. goods‑and‑services surplus with Brazil, as Brazilian officials called the call extremely positive but no policy changes were announced.