After trading barbs at the UN, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday hailed his "excellent chemistry" with Brazilian counterpart Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, and announced a meeting next week.

Their countries have been at loggerheads for months, with Trump using sanctions and steep economic tariffs to punish Brazilian officials for the trial and conviction of his ally, the far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro.

But the two apparently shared a hug during an unexpected encounter between back-to-back speeches at the annual summit.

Lula was the first to address the UN General Assembly, where he slammed an "unacceptable" attack on the independence of Brazil's judiciary, following US sanctions on a prominent Supreme Court judge and his wife.

Trump also imposed a 50-percent tariff on Brazili

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