Sugar and Related Sweetener Markets

Andrew Schmitz's career over the past six decades includes many achievements. He has played a leading role in the development and application of welfare economic analysis involving the complexities of the interface between agricultural policy and trade, income distribution effects, agricultural mechanization, trade regulations, water policies, and research and development. Professor Schmitz has published over 300 refereed journal articles and 30 books, including the co-authored Welfare Economics of Public Policy. He has been an inspiring mentor and a greater collaborator on high quality, cutting-edge ideas published in major economic journals, including American Journal of Agricultural Economics, American Economic Review, Econometrica, Journal of Political Economy, and Quarterly Journal of Economics. Professor Schmitz has held three endowed chairs: Van Vliet (University of Saskatchewan), Robinson (University of California, Berkeley), and Ben Hill Griffin (University of Florida). He is a Fellow of both the American and Canadian Agricultural Economics Associations, and the recipient of six major research awards and three research of enduring quality awards from the AAEA, and two major awards from the CAEA. Professor Schmitz has received the Who's Who in American Lifetime Achievement Award, University of Saskatchewan Alumni Achievement Award, Southern Agricultural Economics Association Lifetime Achievement Award, American Agricultural Economics Association Waugh medal, and Earned Doctor of Letters degree from the University of Saskatchewan.

• Section 1: Sweetener markets and trade 1: World Sugar Markets and Entangled Government Programs, Leo C Polopolus, University of Florida, USA 2: The Place of Sugar in Regional and Multilateral Trade Negotiations, Timothy Josling, Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, California 3: Prospects for Sugar in the WTO and FTAA Trade Negotiations, Dale McNiel, Attorney, Washington, DC 4: Latin American Sweetener Markets: Economic Reform and Regional Integration, Terry L McCoy, University of Florida, USA 5: USA-Mexico High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) Trade Dispute, Peter Buzzanell, Peter Buzzanell & Associates Inc., Washington, DC Section 2: Specific country concerns 6: Managing Canada-USA Sugar Trade in the North American Continent, Sandra Marsden, President, Canadian Sugar Institute, Toronto, Canada 7: Structural Reform and Implications for Mexico's Sweetener Market, Luis R García Chávas, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Mexico, Thomas H Spreen, University of Florida, USA and Gretchen Greene, Northwest Economic Associates, WA, USA 8: Caricom's Sugar in the New Liberal Trade Order, Patricia Northover, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica and Clive Y Thomas, University of Guyana, Guyana 9: The Competitive Prospects for Cuba's Sugar Agroindustry, Lázaro Peña Castellanos, University of Havana, Havana, Cuba and José Alvarez, University of Florida, Everglades Research and Education Center, USA 10: Brazil's Domination of the World Sugar Market, Troy G Schmitz, Arizona State University, James Seale, Jr, University of Florida, USA and Peter Buzzanell, Peter Buzzanell & Associates Inc., Washington, DC, USA 11: Living in the Shadow of the Giant: A Perspective from Colombia, Ricardo Villaveces Pardo, President, Asociación de Cultivadores de Caña (ASOCAÑA) 12: Australia's Sugar Industry: Operating in a Free-Market Environment, Terry C Sheales, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), Canberra, Australia 13: The Indonesian Sugar Industry: Prospects Toward the Twenty-First Century, Richard R Barichello, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada 14: The Indian Sugar Industry, Gary D. Ferrier, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA 15: The European Union's High-Priced Sugar-Support Regime, Andrew Schmitz, University of Florida, USA 16: European Sugar Markets and Policies at the Outset of the Twenty-First Century, Johan F M Swinnen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, Hamish R Gow and Isabel Maviglia, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA Section 3: U.S. sugar policy reform 17: U.S. Sugar Policy and Prospects for the U.S. Sugar Industry, Stephen L Haley and Nydia Suarez, Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC, USA 18: Coalition Structures and U.S. Sugar Policy, Charles B Moss, and Andrew Schmitz, University of Florida, USA 19: Dynamics of the United States High Fructose Corn Sweetener Market, Edward A Evans and Carlton G. Davis, University of Florida, USA 20: Trade in HFCS: Cointegration with Substitute Goods, Charles B Moss, and Andrew Schmitz, Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA 21: Alternative Sugar Policies for the United States, David Orden, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA 22: U.S. Sugar Policy: Domestic- and Trade-Policy Challenges, Jack Roney, American Sugar Alliance, Arlington, Virginia, USA 23: Alternative Sugar and Sweetener Policies for the United States, Randy Green, Senior Government Relations Representative, McLeod, Watkinson & Miller, Washington, DC, USA Section 4: Trade liberalization 24: Building Alliances for Liberalization and Reform of Sugar Policies Globally, Warren Males, General Manager, Trade and International Affairs, Queensland Sugar, Australia 25: U.S. Sugar and Alternative Trade-Liberalization Option, Won K Koo, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, USA 26: Synthesis, Andrew Schmitz, Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida, USA