SUA Letter to Dept. of Commerce Regarding Draft Amendments to U.S.-Mexico Suspension Agreements

Following a decision by the Court of International Trade, the Department of Commerce is presently circulating to interested parties a set of amendments to the 2014 agreements suspending antidumping and countervailing duty investigations with respect to sugar imported from Mexico. A preliminary review of the draft amendments indicates that they are identical in substance to…

SUA Submission to the U.S. Department of Commerce Re: Draft Price Suppression and Statutory Memoranda to A-201-845 – Amendment to the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Sugar from Mexico

The Sweetener Users Association (SUA) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the draft memoranda on price suppression and the statutory analysis of the proposed amendment to the antidumping (AD) agreement on the investigation of sugar from Mexico. SUA’s members are food and beverage companies that use sugar and other caloric sweeteners in manufacturing their products,…

SUA Submission to the U.S. Department of Commerce Re: A-201-845 and C-201-846 – Amendments to Agreements Suspending the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Investigations on Sugar from Mexico

SUA’s members are food and beverage companies that use sugar and other caloric sweeteners in manufacturing their products, as well as trade associations representing these companies. Food companies that use significant amount of sugar in their operations employ 600,000 Americans directly, and account for many more jobs when economic multiplier effects are taken into account.…

SUA Submission to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Re: Request for Comments on Negotiating Objectives Regarding Modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico

These written comments are submitted on behalf of the Sweetener Users Association (SUA) in response to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR) request for comments on “matters relevant to the modernization of [the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)] in order to inform the development of U.S. negotiating positions.” SUA commends USTR for…

Bipartisan Letter from 10 Members of the U.S. Senate to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross Re: U.S.-Mexico Suspension Agreements

We write today about the ongoing negotiations with Mexico regarding the antidumping and countervailing duty cases against Mexican sugar imports. As Senators who represent states with a large presence of food and beverage manufacturers, we are concerned that any trade renegotiation will increase sugar prices in the United States and hurt American consumers. It is…