1 Minute Read by Reuters Staff Reuters, BRASILIA, July 13 – President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday that the federal tax on diesel will be reduced from 0.31 reais ($0.06) to 0.27 reais, with Economy Minister Paulo Guedes supporting the move. In Brazil, where truckers’ strikes can halt huge segments of the economy, diesel prices are a sensitive matter. (1 reais = 5.1764 dollars) (Ricardo Brito contributed reporting; Gram Slattery wrote the story; Chris Reese edited it.)/n
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