Embraer CEO urges US‑Brazil 'zero tariffs' deal to restore cross‑border aircraft trade

Embraer CEO Francisco Gomes Neto urged a U.S.‑Brazil agreement to eliminate tariffs on aircraft and parts, calling for 'zero tariffs' to restore fluid buying and selling across the sector. He said the industry's multi‑market supply chains need tariff relief to protect competitiveness and trade flows.

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A zero‑tariff agreement would mirror the recent U.S.‑EU pact that carriers said could lower aircraft acquisition costs and reshape procurement strategies — see the coverage of airlines' reaction to the U.S.‑EU zero‑tariff aircraft deal (https://hype.aero/?story=6f5b834c-2f62-47df-83b7-b64909ea3c9c).
Embraer is pressing the issue while carrying a large commercial backlog and facing U.S. levies; earlier reporting documented its $29.7bn backlog and the impact of a 10% U.S. tariff on Brazilian aircraft exports (https://hype.aero/?story=d5743cbe-68ec-4045-8cef-14e506307a3e).
The company has already pitched U.S. production and a Washington manufacturing milestone as ways to mitigate tariff risk, underlining the commercial and industrial stakes in a bilateral tariff resolution (https://hype.aero/?story=3ca1f2d5-b828-4a18-bf3a-c2b0c9953638 and https://hype.aero/?story=ba5ecea4-6031-4c59-86bd-26d9fd751166).

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