date:Aug 27, 2014
ustries' campaign donations and 40 percent of crop industries' lobbying expenditures, it said.
Tuesday's decision is a victory for the American Sugar Alliance (ASA), which represents U.S. sugar farmers and processors and has pushed for an end to free trade with Mexico since sweetener was included in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) six years ago.
The ASA said on Tuesday it expects final countervailing duties would be even higher than the preliminary decision.
The finding valida