81. The US imports sugar by varied quotas allotted to their suppliers, which are subject to high customs taxes, to protect American producers. 82. Many European countries and some Asian countries have banned GMO food products from the US and American producers are hoping China will not follow suit. 83. Romania offers American producers a variety of countryside which is rare in central Europe, ranging from the Carpathian mountains to the banks of the River Danube. 84. The accord reserves a fixed percentage of the Japanese market for American producers, an arrangement which the EU believes has helped squeeze it out of the market. |