
New Report on Foreign Sugar Subsidies Released
Thursday, October 1, 2026 • 1 PM
Texas Tech University unveiled an update to its crucial 2019 report on foreign sugar subsidies, giving U.S. trade negotiators and lawmakers a valuable resource on the distorted global sugar market.
This study – authored by Dr. Darren Hudson, director of the school’s International Center for Agricultural Competitiveness, and Shawn Wade, assistant director – details the policies deployed by the world’s largest sugar producers to tilt the global playing field in their favor.

