Swift U.S. Congressional Approval Will Benefit American Consumers and Manufacturers Washington, D.C. (June 19, 2019) – The Sweetener Users Association (SUA) today issued the following statement on the news that Mexico ratified the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA): Over 950 U.S. food and agriculture groups/businesses, including SUA, have urged Congress to quickly ratify the USMCA and mitigate the…
On June 11, 2019, SUA joined a group of 965 national, state and local agricultural associations and companies in a letter urging Congress to quickly ratify the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The full letter is available below.
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:
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…
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 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…
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…