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CAFTA fight: sugar vs. silicon

Ed Frauenheim Former Staff Writer, News
Ed Frauenheim covers employment trends, specializing in outsourcing, training and pay issues.
Ed Frauenheim

The battle over the Central America Free Trade Agreement pits the tech industry against sugar beet and sugarcane producers, according to a Mercury News story posted Saturday (registration required).

Labor groups have taken a stand against the proposed trade pact, but the story indicates the relatively tiny sugar industry alone may succeed in gumming up CAFTA.

"The battle over a proposed Central American trade deal has in some ways become a fight between the $610 billion high-tech industry and the $10 billion U.S. sugar industry," the story states. "So far, sugar's winning."