(Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva spoke by phone on Thursday, Modi's office said in a statement, a day after the Brazilian leader said he would initiate a conversation among the BRICS group on tackling U.

PM Narendra Modi has spoken with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on phone as both countries face 50 per cent tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump. The 50 per cent duty is the highest of Trump's long list of tariffs for most of America's trade partners.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Thursday agreed to enhance cooperation in trade, technology, energy, defence, agriculture, health and people-to-people ties,