With the first round of negotiations to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) beginning today in Washington, America’s sweetener users urged negotiators to expand, not further restrict, trade in sugar. “On behalf of America’s food and beverage companies that use sugar in the products they make and the more than 600,000 Americans they employ, we urge Ambassador Lighthizer and his team at USTR to work with their Canadian and Mexican counterparts to expand trade in sugar over the course of these negotiations,” said Rick Pasco, President of the Sweetener Users Association (SUA). “From large manufacturers to small businesses across the country, American companies depend on a reliable and adequate supply of sugar at reasonable prices to serve consumers and sustain American jobs.”
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The Sweetener Users Association (SUA) represents American food and beverage manufacturers who use sugar to make the products U.S. consumers know and love – from sweet treats to everyday staples like bread, pasta sauce, yogurt and peanut butter.
