How US Sugar Policies Just Helped America Lose 600 Jobs

Sugar-using industries now have a big incentive to relocate from the United States to countries where access to their primary ingredient is not restricted.

Bryan Riley, --August 22, 2015

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The manufacturer of Oreo cookies recently announced plans to move production of Oreos from Chicago to Mexico, resulting in a loss of 600 U.S. jobs.
This should be a wake-up call to defenders of the U.S. sugar program and other job-destroying trade barriers. The leading ingredient in Oreos is sugar, and U.S. trade barriers currently require Americans to pay twice the average world prices for sugar. More...

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