Brazil’s new government has decided to extend for 60 days a tax-cut measure to keep down fuel prices, the incoming head of Petrobras said on Sunday.

“This will give us great peace of mind to work on pricing policy,” said Jean Paul Prates, tapped by incoming President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to be the next chief executive officer of Petrobras, Brazil’s state-controlled oil giant.

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