SAO PAULO — Brazil's Vice President Geraldo Alckmin on Friday hailed U.S. President Donald Trump's order to remove the additional import tariffs on some agribusiness products as “significant progress,” but said the country will keep pushing for more exemptions.

“We want to exclude more products and move forward in the negotiation,” he told journalists in Brasilia. Alckmin, who also serves as Trade minister, led the negotiations with the U.S. along with Brazilian diplomats and business leaders.

Cecafé, Brazil’s coffee exporters council, celebrated Trump's latest order and called the tariff hike “a complete loss of competitiveness.”

“The tariff reversal comes after months of intense work representing the interests of Brazilian coffee. It is a historic victory for the entire coffee agribus

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