Overview
- Lula said the meeting was excellent and announced that delegations would meet immediately to seek solutions to U.S. tariffs and sanctions on Brazilian officials.
- Brazil’s foreign minister Mauro Vieira reported that Trump instructed his team to start talks the same day with the aim of resolving the 50% tariff quickly.
- Lula requested suspension of Magnitsky designations affecting Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes, his wife and other Brazilians, with no U.S. decision disclosed.
- Lula offered to act as an interlocutor between Washington and Caracas as heightened U.S. operations near Venezuela have stirred regional security concerns.
- The session included senior U.S. officials Marco Rubio, Scott Bessent and Jamieson Greer, while Brazil pressed for temporary tariff relief during the negotiation period.