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USTR Tai insists efforts underway to ease Brazil ethanol tariffs
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai insists that U.S. efforts to get Brazil to ease its protectionist tariffs on American ethanol are being taken seriously. However, United States congress members have pushed back pointing out that Brazil increased its duties on imported ethanol this year from 16 to 18 percent. Meanwhile, Brazil is sending its ethanol to the U.S. tariff-free. U.S. Trade Ambassador Katherine Tai says she is in active talks with the Brazilians regarding ethanol tariffs....