LETTER

To: Hon. Jamieson Greer
From: Consumer Brands Association
Re: Docket No. USTR–2025–0043
Date: April 18, 2025

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Dear Ambassador Greer:

The Consumer Brands Association (“Consumer Brands”) submits these comments in response to the request for public comments issued by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) regarding the Section 301 Investigation of Acts, Policies, and Practices of Brazil Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal Deforestation.

Consumer Brands champions the U.S. manufacturing industry, whose products Americans depend on every day. Consumer Brands represents nearly 2,000 iconic brands that make up the U.S. consumer packaged goods (“CPG”) industry, from manufacturers of household and personal care to food and beverage products.