Sugar Refiner Appeals Trump Administration’s Mexico Trade Pacts

A U.S. refiner is appealing changes to U.S.-Mexico sugar trade deals, arguing the Trump administration merely “copied and pasted” earlier changes that had been struck down as unlawful, and wasn’t acting in the public interest.

Under a pair of 2014 “suspension agreements” between the U.S. government and Mexican industry, the Commerce Department agreed to halt trade investigations that could have led to antidumping and countervailing duties on Mexican sugar. The Mexican industry in return agreed to set minimum prices on different categories of sugar, like refined sugar, in order to protect U.S. industry.

The Trump administration negotiated changes to these ...