Senator Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, wants to know if the White House's position on keeping the U.S. tariff on imported ethanol has changed. Grassley says President Obama supported keeping the U.S. tariff on imported ethanol as Senator and presidential candidate, however Thomas Shannon, the President's nominee for ambassador to Brazil, called removal of the tariff beneficial in his nomination hearing.
Grassley is the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over international trade. He has long argued that the U.S. tariff on imported ethanol is appropriate. Brazil already can import ethanol tariff-free to the United States through Caribbean countries as part of a separate trade preferences program. The tariff-free treatment is subject to a cap, which Brazil has never come close to meeting.
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