US Coffee Tariffs Remain Too High, Says Top Supplier Brazil
Workers load harvested coffee cherries into a truck on a farm in Guaxupe, Minas Gerais state, Brazil.
Photographer: Patricia Monteiro/BloombergBrazil will keep pushing to get further tariff relief from the US on coffee exports after US President Donald Trump’s decision to lower levies barely impacted its largest supplier.
“We’ll keep working to reduce it further,” Vice President Geraldo Alckmin told reporters in Brasilia on Saturday. “In the case of coffee, it makes no sense, 40% is still high.”