Mexico Aims for Agreement on Sugar Exports to U.S.

MEXICO CITY—Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said Wednesday that Mexico is seeking a negotiated settlement to a dispute over Mexican sugar exports to the U.S., but that failure to reach an accord could lead Mexico to take the case to the World Trade Organization.

The U.S. government in August imposed preliminary tariffs on Mexican sugar importsfollowing complaints by U.S. sugar growers that the Mexican government subsidizes the domestic industry, allowing Mexico to flood the U.S. market with cheap sugar, harming U.S. producers.