Brazil against US on ethanol

[Judi Lynn]

Sep 3, 2008
Brazil against US on ethanol


RIO DE JANEIRO - BRAZIL, the world's largest ethanol exporter, may soon challenge the United States at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over its tariffs on imports of the fuel, Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said on Tuesday.

'My reading is that we have a very strong case and so there is a good chance we will challenge,' Mr Amorim told reporters in Rio de Janeiro.

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Brazil's Sugar Cane Industry Association hired lawyers to study the compatibility between the US tariff and WTO rules.

The collapse of the Doha Round of world trade talks in July made litigation against the United States more likely.

The US ethanol produced from maize is far more expensive than Brazil's ethanol derived from sugar cane.

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