date:Mar 21, 2013
free trade arrangements, U.S. sugar imports generally are set at agreed World Trade Organization minimums and increased after April 1 if the U.S. Department of Agriculture deems it necessary due to tight supplies.
Tom Earley, vice president of Agralytica and an economist for the Sweetener Users Association (S.U.A.), said in testimony to the I.T.C. that U.S. sugar policy has destabilized the sugar market, driven up costs to consumers and businesses and jeopardized job creation.
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