Entries from The Big Biofuels Blog tagged with 'tariff'
Obama and Lula spoke about the tariff
Last week end Presidents Lula (Brazil) and Obama (US) met and had a conversation, According to the ICTSD, Brazil's Lula pressed Obama on Doha and on the US tariff policy for Brazilian ethanol this is ICTSD's take on the conversationThe...
EU puts tarrif on US Biodiesel
The European Union has started applying tariffs to biofuel exported from the US to the EU. The EU says that American biodiesel is being sold at less than the true cost of production in the US because of local, state...
Tyson chief calls for end to US ethanol tariff
Check this report from CNN about Dick Bond president and cheif executive of Tyson Foods, one of the US' bigger processed food outfits, he want an end to tariff protection for ethanol in the US. You see the corn price...
The US Ethanol Import tariff is under review
The 54-cent litre import duty on ethanol into the US could be reviewed in the 2009 budget, according to a report on Reuters discussed breifly on Facts About Ethanol. As the writer says the President proposes but Congress disposes. It...
A smarter ethanol policy for the US?
I like this analysis of the US ethanol from corn market as it now stands and Geoffrey Styles, proposal for a smarter ethanol policy for the US. Styles points out that after 25 years' of subsidies the US ethanol market...
Florida Governor will lobby to lower US brazil ethanol tariff
Florida's Governor will lobby to lower US Brazil ethanol import tariff according to today's Planet Ark....
Brazil wants biofuels tariff reduction fast tracked at WTO
Brazil wants the WTO to fast track tariff reductions for biofuels on the basis that they are an environmental good, according to Bridges Weekly Trade Digest. Brazil was making representations at Doha Round negotiations on liberalising trade in environmental goods,...
US renewable loan guarantees announced
International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council is urging the US and EU to open their markets for biofuels from the developing world, where they can be produced far more efficiently, cost effectively and offer major opportunities for economic development...
Irrational exuberence in ethanol
Feld thoughts has been looking at irrational exuberance in ethanol and been hit by two things. That, the idea of the US ethanol market resembels a bubble and that there is likely to be price inflation as the price of...
Could biofuels help win the "war on drugs"?
Could biofuels help win the "war on drugs"? The question popped into my mind after reading about the sight of poppies which greeted a British Soldier in Afghanistan. The original story, by Misha Glenny, a former BBC journalist, appeared in...
FAO wants global rules for biofuels
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation is pushing for a high level meeting next June to lay down rules for the international bioenergy market, which is currently regulated by domestic policies, according to the Financial Times. The FAO wants...
Sweden calls for tariff-free biofuel trade
Sweden's Minister for Foreign Trade, Sten Tolgfors recently used the,Taipei Times (where else) to call for the global trade in biofuels to be tariff-free. Sweden's starting point is the conviction that a more liberal trade regime, coupled with global standards,...
How did your senator vote over the tariff?
How did your senator vote over the ethanol import tariff? Hat tip to the club for growth....
George Soros wants biofuel tariffs lifted
George Soros, who among other things, has a stake in the Brazilian Ethanol industry, wants the tariffs on ethanol from that country into the US and also Europe (something I didn't know about and will investigate) lifted, according to Domestic...
Now US Grocers want an end to corn subsidies and ethanol tariffs
US Grocers want an end to US corn subsidies and tariffs. In a recent statement their trade body said: America's biofuels policy must be pursued thoughtfully and deliberately, taking into full account the possible unintended consequences of a sharp increase...
World Bank's Wolfowitz wants US ethanol tariff to go
Joining those who call for a removal of the US ethanol tariff is, Paul Wolfowitz, the president of the World Bank, according to Ethanol Brasil. Ethanol Brasil continues: Wolfowitz called for the US to remove the ethanol tariff in a...
Brazil, US win: win?
Over on GoG2G; Converting Green to Green, Konrad Imielinski is saying the US Brazil ethanol pact was a win win I'm not sure about that, at least in the short term: Its only a win win in the sense that...
Civil disturbances, ethanol worries greet Bush
Civil disturbances fueled by worries over ethanol have greeted President Bush, on his visit to Brazil. Bush is expected to sign an ethanol deal with President Luis Da Silva. The visit has thrown the US tariff position on biofuels and...
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