‘Increase in Sugar Lobby’s Already-generous Subsidies Has Been Air-dropped into Conference Report’ Washington, D.C. (December 11, 2018) – The Sweetener Users Association (SUA) today issued the following statement in response to the news that lawmakers have raised the loan rates for cane sugar and beet sugar in the 2018 farm bill conference. First, lawmakers miss…
Washington, DC (June 8, 2018) – In response to Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts’s release of the 2018 Farm Bill, the Sweetener Users Association (SUA) issued the following statement. “As the Senate debates the Farm Bill in the coming weeks, lawmakers will have a key opportunity to help sustain and create American jobs and…
America’s Food and Beverage Manufacturers Look Ahead to Senate Debate Washington, DC (May 17, 2018) – The Sweetener Users Association (SUA) issued the following statement in response to the U.S. House of Representatives’ consideration of a sugar policy modernization amendment to the 2018 Farm Bill. “While we are disappointed in the outcome of today’s vote,…
Washington, DC (May 7, 2018) – Today the Sweetener Users Association (SUA) welcomed outreach by free market and taxpayer fairness groups to Congress, urging members to reform the U.S. sugar program in the 2018 Farm Bill. SUA was responding to a letter sent last week by Americans for Prosperity and Freedom Partners to members of…
SUA Calls for Floor Debate on Sugar Program Modernization Washington, DC (April 18, 2018) – Following today’s markup of the 2018 Farm Bill in the House Agriculture Committee, the Sweetener Users Association (SUA) called on congressional leaders to ensure sugar program modernization is debated on the House floor. “By uncritically bowing to the demands of…
U.S. Sugar Policy, Mexico Suspension Agreements and Trade Top Colloquium Agenda Washington, DC (February 14, 2018) – During this week’s 2018 International Sweetener Colloquium in in Orlando, Fla., co-hosted by the Sweetener Users Association (SUA) and the International Dairy Foods Association, policy experts and analysts discussed the most pressing issues facing the global sweetener industry.…
Washington, DC (November 7, 2017) – American food and beverage manufacturers today applauded introduction of the Sugar Policy Modernization Act – bipartisan legislation introduced in the House and Senate that would fix the flawed U.S. sugar program. Introduced by Representatives Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Danny Davis (D-IL) and Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Pat Toomey…
Washington, DC (August 16, 2017) – 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…
Washington, DC (July 24, 2017) – Today, the Sweetener Users Association (SUA) welcomed action taken by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to increase raw sugar supplies. “We commend Secretary Perdue and his staff at USDA for monitoring the U.S. sugar market situation and taking necessary action to increase raw sugar supplies by 414,000 metric…
Washington, DC (June 27, 2017) – Negotiations to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) should include market-opening provisions on sugar, testified the Sweetener Users Association (SUA) and the National Confectioners Association (NCA) during a hearing today held by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Representatives from both associations detailed the need for…