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 with U.S. President Donald Trump which he believes would turn into a "humiliation" for him.

The Brazilian president also believes Jair Bolsonaro should be tried for inciting the US to use trade as a weapon over the latter’s trial for plotting to overturn the 2022 election