Here are some articles/essays about american sugar tariffs.

http://www.americansugarbeet.org/secndTier.asp?bid=125
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/11/27/061127ta_talk_surowiecki

At least according to the new yorker article (which may by some be
considered to be ridiculously liberal), the impact of the sugar
tariffs is signficant.

I've also heard of this in the context of High Fructose Corn Syrup
being a "bad" sugar compared to cane sugar, and that the sugar tariffs
are indirectly contributing to the obesity issue. Here's a transcript
of a radio interview at ABC (Australia) that doesn't actually mention
sugar tariffs, but does point out that the timing of the obesity
epidemic (overstated or not) coincided with the introduction of HFCS
as a sweetener.

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/healthreport/stories/2007/1969924.htm

Regards,
- Marcel

On 9/15/07, Howard Winter <HDRW@h2org.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Are you saying that the US has restrictions on sugar imports?  I always thought the prevalence of Corn Syrup was due to lobbying by the maize farmers - you never
> see it in anything over here.  I only drink the diet colas as I'm diabetic, but every other tin and bottle I've checked in my larder has sugar rather than anything else.
>  [...snip...]
> Howard Winter
> St.Albans, England
>
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