Sugar and Related Sweetener Markets : International Perspectives

by Andrew Schmitz; Thomas H. Spreen; William A. Messina; Charles Moss

• ISBN13: 9780851996448
• ISBN10: 0851996442
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-02-20
• Publisher: Cab Intl

Summary

This book addresses the issue of barriers to the international sugar trade and controversies surrounding the international sweetener markets. It devotes particular chapters to key players such as the USA, the EU, Australia, Brazil, Cuba, Eastern Europe and India, and covers topics such as trade liberalization, policy reform and market integration.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Preface	xiii
Introduction	xv
Section I: Sweetener Markets and Trade
World Sugar Markets and Entangled Government Programs	1	(12)
Leo C. Polopolus
The Place of Sugar in Regional and Multilateral Trade Negotiations	13	(18)
Timothy Josling
Prospects for Sugar in the WTO and FTAA Trade Negotiations	31	(8)
Dale McNiel
Latin American Sweetener Markets: Economic Reform and Regional Integration	39	(14)
Terry L. McCoy
U.S.-Mexico High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) Trade Dispute	53	(14)
Peter Buzzanell
Section II: Specific Country Concerns
Managing Canada-U.S. Sugar Trade in the North American Context	67	(14)
Sandra Marsden
Structural Reform and Implications for Mexico's Sweetener Market	81	(20)
Luis R. Garcia Chavas
Thomas H. Spreen
Gretchen Greene
CARICOM's Sugar in the New Liberal Trade Order	101	(12)
Patricia Northover
Clive Y. Thomas
The Competitive Prospects for Cuba's Sugar Agroindustry	113	(10)
Lazaro Pena Castellanos
Jose Alvarez
Brazil's Domination of the World Sugar Market	123	(18)
Troy G. Schmitz
James L. Seale, Jr.
Peter J. Buzzanell
Living in the Shadow of a Giant: A Perspective from Colombia	141	(10)
Ricardo Villaveces Pardo
Australia's Sugar Industry: Operating in a Free-Market Environment	151	(14)
Terry C. Sheales
The Indonesian Sugar Industry: Prospects Toward the Twenty-First Century	165	(12)
Richard R. Barichello
The Indian Sugar Industry	177	(16)
Gary D. Ferrier
The European Union's High-Priced Sugar-Support Regime	193	(22)
Andrew Schmitz
European Sugar Markets and Policies at the Outset of the Twenty-First Century	215	(26)
Johan F.M. Swinnen
Hamish R. Gow
Isabel Maviglia
Section III: U.S. Sugar Policy Reform
U.S. Sugar Policy and Prospects for the U.S. Sugar Industry	241	(18)
Stephen L. Haley
Nydia R. Suarez
Coalition Structures and U.S. Sugar Policy	259	(22)
Charles B. Moss
Andrew Schmitz
Dynamics of the United States High Fructose Corn Sweetener Market	281	(18)
Edward A. Evans
Carlton G. Davis
Trade in HFCS: Cointegration with Substitute Goods	299	(16)
Charles B. Moss
Andrew Schmitz
Alternative Sugar Policies for the United States	315	(14)
David Orden
U.S. Sugar Policy: Domestic- and Trade-Policy Challenges	329	(12)
Jack Roney
Alternative Sugar and Sweetener Policies for the United States	341	(8)
Randy Green
Section IV: Trade Liberalization
Building Alliances for Liberalization and Reform of Sugar Policies Globally	349	(8)
Warren Males
U.S. Sugar and Alternative Trade-Liberalization Options	357	(22)
Won W. Koo
Synthesis	379	(4)
Andrew Schmitz
Index	383