Trump’s Bid to Add Cane Sugar to Coke Could Cost America Thousands of Agricultural Jobs, Trade Group Warns

By Sasha Rogelberg

Fortune

U.S. corn producers are sounding the alarm on President Donald Trump’s efforts to switch Coca-Cola products away from using corn syrup in favor of cane sugar, claiming the change will wreak havoc on the agricultural industry.

Changes in demand for corn syrup, such as that used in Coke, would increase demand for cane sugar in Louisiana and Florida, as well as from Central and South America, where the sweetener is heavily tariffed.

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