As U.S. tariffs on Brazilian goods jumped to 50% on Wednesday, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told Reuters in an interview that he saw no room for direct talks now with U.S. President Donald Trump that would likely be a "humiliation.

A government official in Brazil says the country has requested consultations at the World Trade Organization over tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump slapped a 50% tariff on U.S. imports from Brazil, with many exemptions, in response to what he has called a "witch hunt" against his Brazilian ally former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is on trial on charges of plotting a coup following his election loss in 2022.