ABSTRACT
In the eventual settlement of the problem of sugar in negotiations with the Community, two decisions taken in 1967 and in 1968 played a crucial part. The question of sugar in negotiations meant primarily, but by no means exclusively, the problem of continuing to provide a market after the entry into the Community for the quantities of sugar which the author was obliged to buy at negotiated prices from the members of the Commonwealth Sugar Agreement. On the opposite side to the cane refiners in the United Kingdom, British farmers had a strong interest in being allowed to grow more beet sugar, to ensure a place in market for Commonwealth sugar. Among the developing sugar-producing territories, those with dependent status had a different position which might have complicated matters further. With all the conflicting interests, and with the technical and political difficulties, it is no wonder that the problem of sugar was hard to solve.
