During the House Ways and Means Committee hearing in Minnesota, Michigan Congressman Dan Kildee stressed the need for an aggressive trade agenda. For Kildee, that includes protecting the sugarbeet industry. “Sugar growers support 144,000 jobs over the U.S.and these jobs are regularly threatened by unfair trade practices across the world that allows sugar to be sold at below-production costs undercutting American farmers.” With it being a farm bill year, Kildee said the no-cost sugar program needs to be protected.
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