President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is expected to meet with US President Donald Trump next Thursday (7), according to information published by the newspaper. The GlobeThe meeting, which has not yet been officially confirmed by the White House, was agreed upon by the two leaders during a telephone conversation earlier this year. The visit was initially scheduled for March but was postponed amid geopolitical tensions involving Iran. This will be the third in-person meeting between Lula and Trump since the beginning of the Republican's current term and the second on American soil. The two had already met briefly on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in September, in addition to a longer meeting during the ASEAN summit in Malaysia. Among the main topics on the bilateral agenda are the war in the Middle East, the tariffs of up to 50% imposed by the United States on Brazilian products, the fight against organized crime, the situation in Venezuela, and discussions involving critical minerals and rare earth elements.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.