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ehrnst

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Wed Mar 8, 2017, 09:13 AM Mar 2017

Big Candy is lobbying the Trump administration. Its also holding events at Trump hotels.

The National Confectioners Association is doing a lot of business with President Trump’s company.

In addition to this week’s gathering of 600 attendees at the Trump National Doral resort near Miami, the group has booked two upcoming meetings, in September and again in 2018, at the Trump International Hotel down the street from the White House.

At the same time, the organization, representing candy titans Hershey, Mars and Jelly Belly, among other companies, is optimistic about scoring big, early policy wins from the Trump administration. Among the industry’s priorities: a long-sought rollback of government sugar subsidies that candy firms say drive up the costs of making their products.

“We have a very narrow window of time now with the current administration and political dynamics to win this fight,” the group’s president and chief executive, John H. Downs Jr., wrote to the board of trustees in the days before this week’s Doral meeting. The memo, which was posted on the group’s website, estimated that a victory on the sugar issue could save the industry $280 million annually.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/big-candy-is-lobbying-the-trump-administration-its-also-holding-events-at-trump-hotels/2017/03/07/a07cf3a2-0027-11e7-8ebe-6e0dbe4f2bca_story.html?utm_term=.3504a7946cf7
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Big Candy is lobbying the Trump administration. Its also holding events at Trump hotels. (Original Post) ehrnst Mar 2017 OP
I need to Boycott these candy predators.. FarPoint Mar 2017 #1
Big Sugar vs Big Candy. It's like watching 2 snakes in a bag. nt msanthrope Mar 2017 #2
Big Donut 🍩 and Big Cookie 🍪 are standing by HoneyBadger Mar 2017 #5
Meanwhile, the American Dental Association remains neutral. oasis Mar 2017 #3
Guess I'm about to have a monogamous relationship with European chocolate. tanyev Mar 2017 #4
Since they are staying at Trump properties NewJeffCT Mar 2017 #6
What about Big Cake and Big Ice Cream? meow2u3 Mar 2017 #7
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