The Sweetener Users Association appreciates the opportunity to present information on the employment impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement on the U.S. sugar and sweetener sector and the food and beverage industries that use the majority of these key food ingredients. SUA’s membership includes a broad range of food and beverage manufacturers, along with the trade associations that represent these companies. SUA members believe that the TPP Agreement will have positive impacts on the U.S. economy as a whole, but that the impacts would have been even more positive if the sugar provisions in the agreement had been more aggressive with respect to market access.