Sugar and Related Sweetener Markets: International Perspectives

Hardback  400 pp  ISBN 0851996442      £65.00

• highlights the globalization of the world sugar market
• describes the high degree of protectionism in the EU and the USA and its effect on developing countries
• shows the increased importance of sugar-substitutes such as high fructose corn syrup

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.

Readership: Agricultural and trade economists, policy makers and sugar industry players

Contents

Section 1: Sweetener markets and trade
World Sugar Markets and Entangled Government Programs, Leo C Polopolus, University of Florida, USA
The Place of Sugar in Regional and Multilateral Trade Negotiations, Timothy Josling, Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, California
Prospects for Sugar in the WTO and FTAA Trade Negotiations, Dale McNiel, Attorney, Washington, DC
Latin American Sweetener Markets: Economic Reform and Regional Integration, Terry L McCoy, University of Florida, USA
USA-Mexico High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) Trade Dispute, Peter Buzzanell, Peter Buzzanell & Associates Inc., Washington, DC

Section 2: Specific country concerns
Managing Canada-USA Sugar Trade in the North American Continent, Sandra Marsden, President, Canadian Sugar Institute, Toronto, Canada
Structural Reform and Implications for Mexico's Sweetener Market, Luis R García Chávas, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Mexico, Thomas H Spreen, University of Florida, USA and Gretchen Greene, Northwest Economic Associates, WA, USA
Caricom's Sugar in the New Liberal Trade Order, Patricia Northover, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica and Clive Y Thomas, University of Guyana, Guyana
The Competitive Prospects for Cuba's Sugar Agroindustry, Lázaro Peña Castellanos, University of Havana, Havana, Cuba and José Alvarez, University of Florida, Everglades Research and Education Center, USA
Brazil's Domination of the World Sugar Market, Troy G Schmitz, Arizona State University, James Seale, Jr, University of Florida, USA and Peter Buzzanell, Peter Buzzanell & Associates Inc., Washington, DC, USA Living in the Shadow of the Giant: A Perspective from Colombia, Ricardo Villaveces Pardo, President, Asociación de Cultivadores de Caña (ASOCAÑA) Australia's Sugar Industry: Operating in a Free-Market Environment, Terry C Sheales, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), Canberra, Australia The Indonesian Sugar Industry: Prospects Toward the Twenty-First Century, Richard R Barichello, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
The Indian Sugar Industry, Gary D. Ferrier, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA
The European Union's High-Priced Sugar-Support Regime, Andrew Schmitz, University of Florida, USA
European Sugar Markets and Policies at the Outset of the Twenty-First Century, Johan F M Swinnen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, Hamish R Gow and Isabel Maviglia, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign, USA

Section 3: U.S. sugar policy reform
U.S. Sugar Policy and Prospects for the U.S. Sugar Industry, Stephen L Haley and Nydia Suarez, Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC, USA
Coalition Structures and U.S. Sugar Policy, Charles B Moss, and Andrew Schmitz, University of Florida, USA
Dynamics of the United States High Fructose Corn Sweetener Market, Edward A Evans and Carlton G. Davis, University of Florida, USA
Trade in HFCS: Cointegration with Substitute Goods, Charles B Moss, and Andrew Schmitz, Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
Alternative Sugar Policies for the United States, David Orden, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
U.S. Sugar Policy: Domestic- and Trade-Policy Challenges, Jack Roney, American Sugar Alliance, Arlington, Virginia, USA
Alternative Sugar and Sweetener Policies for the United States, Randy Green, Senior Government Relations Representative, McLeod, Watkinson & Miller, Washington, DC, USA

Section 4: Trade liberalization
Building Alliances for Liberalization and Reform of Sugar Policies Globally, Warren Males, General Manager, Trade and International Affairs, Queensland Sugar, Australia North Dakota, USA
Synthesis, Andrew Schmitz, Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida, USA