BRASILIA ¨C As U.S. tariffs on Brazilian goods jumped to 50% on Wednesday, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said in an interview that he sees no room for direct talks now with U.S. President Donald Trump that would likely be a ¡°humiliation.¡±
Brazil is not about to announce reciprocal tariffs, he said. Nor will his government give up on Cabinet-level talks. But Lula himself is in no rush to ring the White House.
¡°The day my intuition says Trump is ready to talk, I won¡¯t hesitate to call him,¡± Lula said in an interview from his presidential residence in Brasilia. ¡°But today my intuition says he doesn¡¯t want to talk. And I won¡¯t humiliate myself.¡±
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