[20161130]IF10517_美国利益相关者对美墨糖业协议持批评态度.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated November 30, 2016U.S. Stakeholders Critical of U.S.-Mexico Sugar AgreementsOverview Two suspension agreements (SAs) between the United States and Mexico in December 2014 recast bilateral trade in Mexican sugar by imposing annual limits on exports and establishing minimum prices for this sugar. The agreements were entered into by the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) with the Mexican government and the Mexican sugar industry in lieu of imposing U.S. antidumping (AD) and countervailing duties (CVD) that would have otherwise been placed on Mexican sugar exports. The duties were the result of U.S. government determinations that Mexican sugar was being subsidized and dumped in the U.S. marketthat is, sold at less than fair valueand that the U.S. sugar industry was materially injured by these practices. Over time, the agreements have come under increasingly pointed criticism from major stakeholders in the U.S. sugar economy, though with different views about how they should be amended or what arrangement should replace them. Background on SAs Under the SAs, the signatories agree to three fundamental restrictions to manage bilateral sugar trade and