DR-CAFTA's "fatal flaw" is that it does not go far enough to openthe U.S. sugar market to the rigors of international competition.Political unwillingness to apply the rules and principles of freetrade across all sectors of the American economy in a fair mannerwill continue to cost Americans jobs and impose higher supermarketprices on the American consumer.
United States Sugar Corp., a Clewiston, Florida, company that markets sugar cooperatively with Red River Valley sugarbeet growers, is seeking to purchase Imperial Sugar Co., including a major refinery in the Savannah, Georgia, area. The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday, Nov. 23, announced it was suing to block the purchase that could increase the market share of United Sugars Corp., the Edina, Minn.-based co-op marketing company, from its current 25% market share, to 32% to 34%.
After the Justice Department announced it has filed a civil antitrust lawsuit to stop United States Sugar Corp. from acquiring its rival, Imperial Sugar Co., the National Confectioners Association, which represents candy companies that use…
(Chuck Muth) – Americans aren’t used to doing without. They’re accustomed to living in the land of plenty. If you want it, it’s there. When you want it. From multiple sources. At competitively affordable prices. Not anymore. Thanks to President Biden’s “supply chain” crisis, grocery and retail store shelves are empty of products usually found […]