Oral Statement by Thomas Earley for SUA to the U.S.ITC: Hearing on the Economic Impact of Trade Agreements
The U.S. government has pursued bilateral and multilateral trade liberalization in various agreements for decades. In that context, the intensely protectionist U.S. sugar program has clearly reduced the potential positive economic impacts of the trade agreements ultimately implemented over the last 25 years. The sugar industry has consistently urged U.S. trade negotiators to hold fast…