28-08-2020 03:46 via kvoa.com

Brazil legislators press president to keep ethanol tariff

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A group of Brazilian lawmakers made a final push Thursday to try to convince President Jair Bolsonaro not to reduce tariffs on American ethanol, a major Trump administration request.Bolsonaro has until Monday to decide whether he will renew or terminate a 20% tariff on ethanol imposed on every gallon after the country after imports a tariff-free quota of 198 million gallons.  While U.S. diplomats and corn producers push for a zero-duty exemption for American et
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