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Conservative Leaders Urge White House to Get Tough on Mexican Sugar Trade Cheating

Conservative Leaders Urge White House to Get Tough on Mexican Sugar Trade Cheating
Chuck Muth
May 15, 2017

(Chuck Muth) – Last week a coalition of conservative, free-market organizations, including Citizen Outreach, sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging the White House to “prove it will protect American jobs through tough trade enforcement,” especially as it relates to Mexico’s subsidized sugar industry.

“The U.S. has given Mexico plenty of chances to trade sugar fairly under NAFTA,” the letter reads, “but their continued disregard for fair trade is threatening America’s efficient farmers and workers.”

The letter identifies six problem areas with the current state of sugar trade with the U.S.’s southern border neighbor…

  • Mexico’s sugar industry is subsidized and inefficient, and until recently, the Mexican government was the country’s biggest sugar producer and exporter.
  • In 2013, Mexico harmed U.S. producers by dumping 2 million tons of subsidized sugar on the U.S. market.
  • The U.S. government found Mexico guilty of violating U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty laws.
  • A negotiated settlement to stop Mexico’s bad acts is not working and Mexico is still dumping subsidized sugar and distorting the market.
  • Mexico’s actions, to date, have cost U.S. sugar producers more than $4 billion.
  • Sugar production in Hawaii has ceased entirely because of the resulting market damage, and other U.S. producers may soon follow.

The coalition notes that the U.S. Department of Commerce has attempted to negotiate a settlement that would bring Mexico into compliance with the law, but “Unfortunately, Mexico refuses to cooperate and is now trying to blackmail the United States by threatening retaliatory efforts against U.S. corn sweetener exports.”

The group urges the president to “help ensure that American consumers do not encounter unnecessary supply interruptions or price fluctuations and will continue to have access to homegrown supplies of this vital commodity.”

In addition to myself, the letter is signed by Rick Manning of Americans for Limited Government, Mario Lopez of the Hispanic Leadership Fund, Tom Giovanetti of the Institute for Policy Innovation, Jim Martin of 60 Plus Association, Andrew Langer of Institute for Liberty, Matthew Kandrach of Consumers Alliance for a Strong Economy, Seton Motley of Less Government and Michael Thompson of the Thomas Jefferson Institute.

Mr. Muth is president of Citizen Outreach and publisher of Nevada News & Views

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