House Lawmakers Push Froman To Grant More Sugar Access Under TPP
A bipartisan group of 45 House lawmakers -- including 11 Ways & Means Committee members and two members of the Agriculture Committee -- have called on U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman to further open the U.S. sugar market through the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). In a letter sent to Froman on Tuesday (Sept. 29), the eve of the TPP ministerial now taking place in Atlanta, the lawmakers point to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) projections that the U.S. import needs for...