date:Sep 21, 2012
sugar price data from a period when prices were abnormally high in order to magnify purported gains from eliminating the US sugar program.
Lessons from Europe?
In a study released at the 29th International Sweetener Symposium last month, Patrick Chatenay from UK-based company ProSunergy argued that sugar reform in Europe had led to the closure of 83 sugar mills and 120,000 job losses, volatile prices and supply shortages.
Meanwhile, European food manufacturers that had been pushing for refor