US Tariffs Are Lesser of Two Evils for Brazil’s Biofuel Makers

  • Duties would curb Brazilian ethanol exports to California
  • But producers want to prevent US imports from flowing in

Brazil shipped about 300 million liters of ethanol to the US last year.

Photographer: Jonne Roriz/Bloomberg
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President Donald Trump’s tariffs risk stripping Brazil of a key market for ethanol abroad. But for Latin America’s biggest economy, they are the lesser of two evils.