Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has said he will urge U.S. President Donald Trump to avoid a "new Cold War" when the two leaders meet in Washington next month.
Speaking at the end of a three-day visit to India, Lula said Brazil did not want escalating geopolitical tensions and called on the United States to treat all countries equally.
“I want to tell U.S. President Donald Trump that we don't want a new Cold War,” Lula told reporters in New Delhi. “We don't want to interfere in any other country; we want all countries to be treated equally.”
Lula said he expected to meet Trump in the first week of March, adding that discussions would focus on trade, immigration, investment and university partnerships.
He declined to comment on Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down many of Trump’s tariffs on global goods entering the U.S. Trump later said the measures would be replaced by 15% levies under a separate law.
Lula said he believed relations between the U.S. and Brazil would improve.
Ties between Brazil and the U.S. have fluctuated during the presidencies of Lula and Trump.
In 2025, Washington imposed tariff increases of up to 50% on a range of Brazilian exports, prompting criticism from Brasília that the measures were excessive.
Some of those additional tariffs were later rolled back, a move Lula welcomed as evidence that dialogue remained possible.
On 3 January 2026, Brazil also criticised U.S. military action in Venezuela, describing it as an "unacceptable line", a stance that added strain to bilateral relations despite continued diplomatic engagement.
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