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Sugarbeet News via Sugar Beet News May 30, 2017 at 12:01PM http://ift.tt/2rlLU15 The debate over whether Mexico's subsidized sugar industry will be held accountable for violating U.S. trade laws has been getting a lot of press coverage lately: U.S. officials have until June 5 to resolve a disagreement with Mexican officials about how to handle Mexico's illegal dumping of cheap, subsidized sugar in the U.S. marketplace." So far, Mexico has refused to comply [with U.S. trade laws], but the U.S. Commerce Department, which is leading the talks with Mexico, has shown no sign of backing down." -Agri-Pulse, May 17 [Commerce] Secretary Ross earned praise when he staked out a tough position on NAFTA enforcement, saying, ‘We are going to implement stricter enforcement than any recent administration. We will be diligent in pursuing violative imports and in collecting anti-dumping and countervailing duties." -The Hill, May 19 Unfortunately for American workers, Mexico's pattern of unfair trade is not isolated to sugar. In fact, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) is currently enforcing 10 dumping and subsidy cases against Mexico, including:
Circular welded non-alloy steel pipe Certain magnesia carbon bricks Seamless refined copper pipe and tube Large residential clothes washers Pre-stressed concrete steel rail tiewire Steel concrete reinforcing bar Carbon steel wire rod Pre-stressed concrete steel wire strand Light-walled rectangular pipe and tube Heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes All told, the United States has tried approximately 2,000 unfair trade cases against countries spanning the globe. And in many of these cases, the DOC has stepped in to defend U.S. jobs through duties or negotiated agreements to level the playing field. America's sugar producers are trying to make NAFTA work by asking for the same treatment afforded to all U.S. industries: Enforcement of U.S. laws to stop the injury being caused by predatory trade practices. Whether it's concrete, steel or sugar, we can all agree that trade cheats should not be rewarded. SOURCE: sugaralliance.org
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The Denver Post took an inside look at how Colorado sugarbeet farmers are becoming more sustainable to provide for consumer demand.
Wall Street Journal readers were asked that question in a half-page advertisement from the American Sugar Alliance today.
The answer: After Mexico broke U.S. trade laws and ran Hawaii's century-old sugar industry into the ground. This print advertisement, urging America to defend its remaining sugar jobs, is just one of many running in Washington, DC, this week as U.S. government officials work to bring Mexico's subsidized sugar industry into compliance with antidumping, countervailing duty laws. Mexico, which was found guilty in 2015 of violating those laws, is still harming U.S. sugar producers and threatening U.S. jobs by flooding the market with subsidized sugar. And the message in those ads was blunt. "Mexico broke U.S. trade law. U.S. sugar workers lost their jobs. Hold Mexico accountable." If Mexico will not agree to comply by June 5, the U.S. Department of Commerce has promised to impose duties of 80 percent to stop the injury being done by Mexico's unfair trade – as is required by the law. Source: American Sugar Alliance Illinois would lose if Trump hits Mexican sugar with tariffs - Crain's Chicago Business (blog)5/24/2017
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