U.S. ethanol producers will ask the Trump administration to intervene in a trade dispute with Brazil as tensions between the industry and foreign competitors continue to escalate.
The Renewable Fuels Association, Growth Energy and the U.S. Grains Council — all Washington-based lobbying organizations — said in a statement Thursday that the government should “take immediate action and consider all avenues to encourage Brazil” to revoke or at least ease the 20 percent tariff on ethanol imports from the U.S. it announced last month.
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