Lula to rich nations: ‘Stop your hypocrisy,’ buy Brazil biofuel

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva blasted wealthy nations for their punitive agricultural tariffs and urged them Sunday to “stop your hypocrisy” and start buying Brazilian biofuel.

“We have said that if we want to achieve success in the Doha Round (of World Trade Organization negotiations), then rich countries must lower their agricultural tariffs for poor countries’ products entering their markets,” Lula told Correio do Brasil newspaper in an interview.
“Those who criticize biofuels have never criticized the price of oil. The developed world imports oil with no tariffs, yet they place an absurd tariff on Brazilian ethanol,” Lula said.

AFP