If
imports of sugarcane ethanol are merely going to cut down on corn ethanol consumption / production, then it seems that the removal of the trade barrier would be a neutral / good thing.
However, if
imports of sugarcane ethanol require that Americans purchase additional ethanol relative to a baseline with the tariff, then an argument could be made for keeping the tariff.
Not exact matches
On a day 130 years ago when some U.S. sailors were
importing sugarcane from Cuba, they could have had no idea that they were also creating a flourishing trade
of another sort.
The entrepreneur expressed the fear that Government could end up
importing sugarcane to power the factory, a situation that will defeat the objective
of value addition, and also deny locals
of the promised jobs.
In addition, just about any kind
of plant could be
imported to Hawaii, so long as it didn't threaten the pineapple or
sugarcane industries.
Hacienda San Jose was a
sugarcane and cotton plantation that
imported slaves from Africa and has an underground network
of tunnels.
He's terrible on trade, supporting maintenance
of the tariff on
imported Brazilian ethanol made from
sugarcane, and has pushed for a dramatic expansion
of the subsidies for ethanol production in this country.