Dear Campaigner,

[align=right]Sugar giant, British Sugar made profits of more
than £175 million this year. It makes these huge profits
from an EU arrangement that keeps almost all African
sugar out of European markets and contributes to sugar
dumping. While the government is lavishing loads on
big companies like British Sugar, small-scale farmers
around the world are struggling to survive.[/align]
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This unfair system costs you money, too. Not only in the
tax you pay the government for subsidies but also because
the lack of competition means you pay more for your sugar.
British Sugar is doing everything it can to stop the
reforms and keep more efficient African farmers from lifting
themselves out of poverty.

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Please ask Margaret Beckett, Secretary of State for the
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to do everything
in her power to change this.

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Best wishes,
Julia Tilford
Oxfam Make trade Fair Campaign




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Good post Tahliba.

Sugar is just one of the products where this 'tatic' has been applied to the detriment of.....yes you guessed....African/Black economies.

This is the sort of thing African leaders (good or bad) are up against in the battle to make things better for their countries citizens. But like I said before poverty is big business in the West.

Respect

A verysmall example of why Africa is poor

Can you name any sugar brands which use cane from Africa or carribean?