Byron Dorgan: “It is resolved that the sense of the Senate is that the President should renegotiate provisions of the Central American…”

“It is resolved that the sense of the Senate is that the President should renegotiate provisions of the Central American Free Trade Agreement relating to access to the United States sugar markets so as to grant no greater access to the U.S. sugar market than is currently enjoyed by the signatories to this CAFTA agreement; 2, the President should not include sugar as an element of negotiations in any bilateral or regional free trade agreement. I want to explain why we feel this way. I will also observe that this is bipartisan in its offering. It is very important to our region of the country. First, let me explain sugar. Sugar comes from sugar beets and sugarcane produced by our growers.”