I write to express concern that the Administration may be renegotiating its sugar suspension agreements with Mexico without allowing for public comment. Policy with economic implications of this magnitude deserves careful study and an opportunity for input from all affected. Since Implementation in December 2014, the sugar managed trade agreements between the United States and…
Since we are hearing reports of a potential renegotiation of the sugar suspension agreements with Mexico, we are submitting the following comments on behalf od the Sweetener Users Association (SUA), a coalition of companies that utilize nutritive sweeteners in their business operations, as well as the trade associations to which they belong. Although portrayed as…
We respectfully request that you immediately use your authority to make adequate sugar available in the United States at reasonable prices. Because of the federal sugar program and marketplace factors, both supplies and prices are distorted, to the detriment of workers, businesses, consumers – and even some segments of the sugar industry.