I'm not competent to write about this (and have no axe to grind), but it is my understanding that the sugar-beet industry in the US has received special protection from cane sugar imports with the results that
#US sugar prices are the highest in the world
#third-world sugar producers are blocked from the largest market in the world
#many US-made products are sweetened with corn syrup instead of either beet or cane sugar
[[User:Ortolan88|Ortolan88]]
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And many U.S. candy producers are moving out of the country. Also it appears that the tariffs protect all sugars - cane sugar, maple sugar and beet sugar. Time magazine in Feb 2002 said tariff went as high as 242% in some cases and that U.S. sugar prices are keep at three times the world market rate. -rmhermen
== Excuse me? ==
Alright, guys, decent article but what is with this line:
"Some people do not think that sugar beets exist"
Does that need to be there - is there really a debate over the existence of sugar beets?
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