(Recasts with context, quote from Brazil's Finance Minister) BRASILIA, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and United States President Donald Trump held a "positive" videoconference call on Monday, Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said. "President Lula has already recommended the release of a statement," Haddad told reporters in Brasilia after the meeting. Last month, following a brief encounter at the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Trump said he planned to meet with Lula and highlighted their "excellent chemistry". A meeting between the two leaders has been closely watched by Brazilian markets after Trump imposed a 50% tariff on several Brazilian goods in August. At the time, Trump said the tariffs were a response to what he described as a "witch hunt" against former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, his ally, who was later sentenced to 27 years in prison for attempting to stage a coup to remain in power after he lost the 2022 elections to Lula. (Reporting by Lisandra Paraguassu; Writing by Isabel Teles; Editing by Sharon Singleton)
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