Tariffs on Brazil Could Leave Coffee Drinkers With a Headache

 

 "And in addition to a possible disruption in quantity, the quality of the coffee coming into the United States could change. Much of the coffee produced in Brazil is arabica, a higher quality than the more bitter robusta mostly produced in Vietnam and the rest of Asia.

Other suppliers would be unlikely to match Brazil’s robust output, including Vietnam, which has seen a recent decline in its coffee production. The country would not be able, in the short or medium term, “to stem the flow,” said David Gantz, an economist at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.!

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Tariffs on Brazil Could Leave Coffee Drinkers With a Headache – DNyuz