date:May 13, 2016
opposed by the Sweetener Users Association (SUA), which represents sugar buyers.
The group said the trade agreement is causing market distortions exacerbated by the non-GMO trend, according to a letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce and Department of Agriculture filed by the government on Monday.
It also threatens the fragile balance of a government support program through which marketing allotments and import quota are doled out by the Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The refiners are