Welcome to the Global Alliance for Sugar Trade Reform and Liberalisation

Welcome to the Global Alliance for Sugar Trade Reform and Liberalisation

The Global Sugar Alliance members are the world's leading sugar producing nations, representing over 50% of world sugar production and more than 85% of world raw sugar exports. The objective of the group is to achieve positive, progressive and meaningful liberalisation of the world sugar market.

The Global Alliance for Sugar Trade Reform and Liberalisation was established during in November 1999 when members (Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, India, Guatemala, South Africa and Thailand) agreed and signed a communiqué calling for WTO agreement on agriculture that includes positive, progressive, and meaningful reform of the world sugar market by ensuring that sugar is included as an important element of the agricultural trade agenda.

US Leadership can tip the Doha balance

Political vision and leadership is vital to the successful reinvigoration of the WTO Doha Round
Posted: 22nd Apr 07 more info...

US Leadership can tip the Doha balance

The Global Sugar Alliance, exporters of 80 per cent of the world?s cane sugar, urges the US ...
Posted: 19th Apr 07 more info...

Doha Round ? a Phoenix from the ashes

The Doha Round is all about creating significant new commercial opportunities, especially for ...
Posted: 26th Jul 06 more info...

Sugar Seminar

19th April 2007
more info...

Annual Members Meeting

19th April 2007
Global Sugar Alliance Annual Members Meeting more info...

Global Sugar Alliance - Members meeting

3rd July 2006
9th Annual Members Meeting more info...

US Leadership can tip the Doha balance

The Global Sugar Alliance, exporters of 80 per cent of the world?s cane sugar, urges the US ...
Posted: 19th Apr 07 more info...

New legal challenges arise for Roundup Ready crops - Capital Press (subscription)


New legal challenges arise for Roundup Ready crops
Capital Press (subscription), OR - May 14, 2008
Markwart said extensive testing on the sugar produced from the beets has taken place. What researchers found, he said, is that in processing the sugar beet, ...

Corn-Syrup Price Bolsters Sugar - Wall Street Journal


Corn-Syrup Price Bolsters Sugar
Wall Street Journal - May 6, 2008
Prices for the 55%-fructose syrup averaged 28.41 cents a pound in first quarter 2008, exceeding wholesale refined-beet sugar prices at 26.18 cents, ...

Congress deserves to reap veto of farm bill - Atlanta Journal Constitution


Congress deserves to reap veto of farm bill
Atlanta Journal Constitution,  USA - May 13, 2008
That program exists solely to benefit sugar beet producers, mostly in Minnesota, Michigan, California, Idaho and North Dakota, and sugar cane producers, ...