Mexico cancels sugar export permits to US

[Judi Lynn]

Mexico cancels sugar export permits to US
Reuters | Published — Wednesday 8 March 2017


MEXICO CITY: Mexico has canceled existing sugar export permits to the US to avoid penalties in a dispute over the pace of shipments, a document seen by Reuters said, partly blaming the issue on unfilled positions at the US Department of Commerce.

It was not immediately clear what impact the cancelation would have on exports to the US. The document, sent by Mexico’s sugar chamber to mills on Monday, said existing permits would be reissued in April.

Mexico’s sugar mills are currently in full swing at the height of the harvest. The amount of sugar sent to the US varies from season to season, with the document referring to a quota of 820,000 tons in 2016/2017.

Ties between the US and Mexico have frayed under Donald Trump, who sees trade skewed to favor the southern neighbor and is seeking to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

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[Warpy]

1. Government's about to work a whole lot worse

because nobody competent wants to work for Trump.

I've heard a lot of Civil Service people are taking early retirement.

Now the right wingers will get to experience small government and they don't have to go to NOLA during a hurricane to do it.

So will we, but we know it's coming.

[tanyev]

2. More of that bloated bureaucracy we just don't need, hey Donald?