BELEM, Brazil — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday he will personally call Donald Trump if negotiations on U.S tariffs do not make progress in the near future.

The U.S. government has increased tariffs on many Brazilian goods by more than 50%, but Lula and Trump discussed reaching a potential deal during a meeting in Malaysia in October.

“I have his number, he has mine. I have no trouble calling him,” Lula told reporters ahead of the United Nations’ climate summit known as COP. Its 30th edition starts this week in Belem, a Brazilian city on the edge of the Amazon .

“ When COP30 ends , if a meeting between my negotiators and his is not yet scheduled, I’ll call Trump again,” said the Brazilian leader, adding that his main negotiators, Vice President Ger

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