- Title: U.S., Mexico closer to sugar trade deal - Mexican economy minister
- Date: 1st June 2017
- Summary: ZACATEPEC, MORELOS STATE, MEXICO (FILE) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF SUGAR-PRODUCING PLANT, MACHINE SCOOPING UP SUGARCANE SUGARCANE MILLED SUGARCANE BEING TOSSED WATER SPRAYING MILLED SUGARCANE WORKER WATCHING MILLED SUGARCANE IN FACTORY VARIOUS OF MILLED SUGARCANE BEING PROCESSED BAGS OF SUGAR BEING FILLED GENERAL VIEW OF WORKERS FILLING BAGS OF SUGAR BAGS OF SUGAR ON CONVEYOR BELT WORKER SUPERVISING BAGS OF SUGAR ON BELT WORKER COUNTING WALLS OF SUGAR
- Embargoed: 15th June 2017 18:00
- Keywords: Ildefonso Guajardo United States sugar trade dispute
- Location: MEXICO CITY AND ZACATEPEC, MORELOS STATE, MEXICO
- City: MEXICO CITY AND ZACATEPEC, MORELOS STATE, MEXICO
- Country: Mexico
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0026JG6VCZ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Negotiations aimed at reaching an agreement over a prolonged sugar trade dispute between the United States and Mexico are continuing as a deadline approaches, Mexico's Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said on Thursday (June 1).
Guajardo told reporters at an event in Mexico City that U.S. and Mexican negotiators have moved closer, but he added that he could not guarantee a new agreement.
Last month, the Mexican and U.S. governments agreed to extend the deadline for negotiations over sugar to June 5.
The U.S. sugar industry pressed the U.S. Commerce Department late last year to withdraw from a 2014 trade agreement that sets prices and quota for U.S. imports of Mexican sugar unless the deal could be renegotiated.
The latest twist in the sugar dispute between Mexico and the United States comes as ties between the two nations have frayed under U.S. President Donald Trump, who took office in January. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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