Key insights
- A meeting between Brazilian President Lula and Donald Trump is planned. While potentially impacting trade relations, the immediate influence on US equity markets is negligible unless specific policy changes or agreements are announced following the meeting.
BRASILIA, May 4 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will travel to the United Stated in the coming days to meet with his counterpart Donald Trump, a source in the Brazilian government told Reuters on Monday.
Newspaper O Globo reported the plans earlier in the day.
The two leaders had agreed on a visit by the Brazilian president to Washington during a phone call earlier this year, with initial expectations that the meeting would take place in March, which ultimately did not take place.