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>Not in the US. Americans pay double global sugar prices so as to protect the corn lobby. I thought it was the sugar lobby that wanted protectionist tariffs? W
by gruez 2y ago
>Not in the US. Americans pay double global sugar prices so as to protect the corn lobby.
I thought it was the sugar lobby that wanted protectionist tariffs? What other situation do you have an industry lobbying to enact tariffs on their competitors?
- 0cf8612b2e1e 2y agoThe US Sugar Program (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Sugar_Program https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Sugar_Program) was intended to prop up domestic sugar production. The explosion of corn syrup was probably unexpected which now competes vs global and domestic sugar.