Food Policy Update — June 14, 2019
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Board Meeting / Conference Call Info June 2019
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Tariffs on Mexico Averted for Now
Today, President Trump said the threat of U.S. tariffs on Mexican goods will be “reinstated” if Mexico’s Congress doesn’t approve an immigration deal between the United States and Mexico. Mexico is a significant buyer of U.S. agricultural products as set forth in the following ranking of Mexico as a trading partner. Available here:
Update on U.S.-Mexico Negotiations & Potential Mexican Retaliatory Tariffs
It has been reported that President Trump said today – the U.S. and Mexico have a “good chance” of striking a deal on immigration that will involve increased Mexican purchases of U.S. agricultural products. However, if a deal does not materialize by Monday, all Mexican imports will be subject to a 5% tariff. Mexican newspaper…
POLITICO Morning Trade: Sweetener Users Protest Mexico Tariffs
SWEETENER USERS PROTEST MEXICO TARIFFS: U.S. food and beverage manufacturers who rely on Mexico for nearly one-third of U.S. sugar imports also are among the many business groups protesting Trump’s new tariff plan. “American food and beverage companies will be made even less competitive — yet again — by misguided government policy,” the Sweetener Users Association…
The Hagstrom Report: Sweetener users oppose Mexico tariff
The Sweetener Users Association, which represents industrial-scale users of sugar as an ingredient in food, said this week it is opposed to the tariffs that President Donald Trump has said he will impose on all Mexican goods coming into the United States on Monday if Mexico does not stop illegal immigration and drug movements into…
Administrative Review of AD & CVD Suspension Agreements
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New Tariffs on Mexico Sugar Imports Would Harm U.S. Manufacturers, Consumers in an Already High-Price Market
American Food and Beverage Companies Will Be Made Less Competitive Again by Government Policy Washington, D.C. (June 3, 2019) – The Sweetener Users Association (SUA) today issued the following statement in response to proposed new tariffs on Mexican imports announced by President Trump last week. For America’s food and beverage manufacturers, their employees and the…
Tariffs on Mexican Sugar
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Safeguard Tariffs
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