Americans Prefer Domestic Sugar Over Imports
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When asked to choose between U.S. sugar and imports, seven in 10 American adults (71 percent) said they’d rather buy domestic, even if the foreign sugar were slightly cheaper, according to a new survey commissioned by the American Sugar Alliance and conducted by Harris Interactive®. Press Release: Americans Choose Domestic Sugar Over Imports When asked to choose between U.S. sugar and imports, seven in 10 American adults (71 percent) said they’d rather buy domestic, even if the foreign sugar were slightly cheaper, according to a new survey commissioned by the American Sugar Alliance and conducted by Harris Interactive®.Survey participants were given two opinions and asked which one came closest to their views—buying U.S. sugar that may cost a little more due to stricter safety, labor, and environmental standards and the lack of government subsidy checks to American producers, or buying imported sugar that might be slightly cheaper because of foreign subsidies and lower environmental, labor, and safety standards.
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