<h1>President reports cordial meeting, urges renewed talks to resolve sanctions, tariffs and trade disputes amid political tensions</h1> The Brazilian president reported a brief, cordial encounter with the US president and urged resumed talks to resolve bilateral trade and investment disputes after the US imposed sanctions on judges and others and levied 50% tariffs on many Brazilian exports following the arrest and conviction of a former Brazilian president for attempting a coup. The US framed measures around alleged censorship, repression, judicial corruption and targeting of political critics; Brazil's president defended national sovereignty and judicial independence as non-negotiable, while proposing negotiations to address trade grievances and mutual misinformation.