DIPLOMACY
For Brazil, Lula-Trump meeting is the payoff
Lula arriving in Kuala Lumpur, where he is expected to meet with Donald Trump. Photo: Ricardo Stuckert/PR
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, are expected to meet on Sunday in Malaysia, though the White House has not confirmed the bilateral.
The encounter, if it materializes on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur, would cap a surprisingly swift diplomatic thaw after months of tariff brinkmanship and public sparring. Both sides are now working to…
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