BUSBC Policy Letters on Specific Issues

According to the Brazil-U.S. Business Council Program of Work, each policy issue is classified in one of four categories: multilateral (MLT), bilateral (BLT), Government of Brazil-related (GOB), and U.S. Government-related (USG).

Please find bellow all BUSBC policy letters organized per category and in alphabetical order per issue.

Bilateral Issues (BLT)

• Joint Statement in Preparation for the Visit of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden to Brazil for President Dilma Rousseff’s Inauguration – 12/22/14
• US. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas J. Donohue Statement on President Rousseff Reelection – 10/28/14
  
• Joint Statement in Preparation for the Visit of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden to Brazil in June 2014​ – 05/19/14

• Agreement on Trade and Economic Cooperation (ATEC)
  Joint BUSBC-Chamber letter to President Obama and President Rousseff – 03/17/11
  Joint BUSBC-Chamber letter to President Obama and President Rousseff (Portuguese) – 03/17/11
  

• Aviation Partnership (AP)
  Joint BUSBC-Chamber letter to President Obama and President Rousseff – 03/26/12
  Joint BUSBC-Chamber letter to President Obama and President Rousseff (Portuguese) – 03/26/12
•  Bilateral Tax Treaty (BTT)
  Joint BUSBC-Chamber letter to President Obama and President Rousseff – 03/17/11
  Joint BUSBC-Chamber letter to President Obama and President Rousseff (Portuguese) – 03/17/11

• Tax Information and Exchange Agreement (TIEA)
  Joint BUSBC-Chamber letter to President Obama and President Rousseff – 03/17/11
  Joint BUSBC-Chamber letter to President Obama and President Rousseff (Portuguese) – 03/17/11

Government of Brazil-Related Issues (GOB)

• Ethanol Tariff
  BUSBC letter to Key Brazilian Ministers – 02/23/2012
  BUSBC letter to Key Brazilian Ministers (Portuguese) – 02/23/2012
• Reinsurance
  Chamber letter to CNI – 08/03/11
  Chamber letter to FIESP – 08/03/11

U.S. Government-Related Issues (USG)

• Cachaça
  BUSBC letter to Treasury – 07/29/11
  BUSBC letter to USTR – 07/29/11

• Ethanol Tariff
  BUSBC letter to Renewable Fuel Association (RFA) – 12/16/11
  Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) letter to BUSBC – 12/13/11
  Renewable Fuel Association (RFA) letter to BUSBC and Chamber – 12/08/11
  Joint BUSBC-Chamber letter to Congress – 11/29/11

• Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)
  Chamber letter to the Senate – 09/19/11
  Chamber letter to the House of Representatives – 09/07/11

• Pork
  BUSBC Submission to Public Consultation on the Brazilian State of Santa Catarina
• Beef
  BUSBC Submission to APHIS on Brazilian Beef Imports

• WTO Cotton Case
  Chamber letter to Secretary Vilsack and Ambassador Froman – 05/12/14
  Chamber letter to Senate Appropriations – 04/25/12
  Chamber letter to Senate Agriculture – 04/24/12
  BRAZTAC letter to the Senate – 10/27/11
  Chamber letter to the Senate – 10/18/11
  Chamber letter to the House of Representatives – 06/14/11
  BRAZTAC letter to USTR and USDA – 06/22/10
  BRAZTAC letter to USTR and USDA – 04/09/10
  Chamber letter to President Obama – 03/03/10
  USTR letter to BRAZTAC – 03/01/10
  BRAZTAC letter to House Ways & Means and Senate Finance – 02/04/10
  Joint BUSBC-Chamber letter to USTR – 01/28/10
  Chamber letter to the House of Representatives – 07/30/09
  Chamber letter to the Senate – 07/30/09
• WTO Orange Juice Case
  BUSBC Letter to USTR and Commerce – 02/21/2012

For more information please contact:

Renata Vasconcellos
Senior  Policy Director
Brazil-U.S. Business Council
Phone: (202) 463-5628
E-mail: rvasconcellos@uschamber.com

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