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Article: A sticky mess over gum. (US-Sudan relations)
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- African Business
- Article date:
- December 1, 1997
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The humble gum arabic has entangled the Clinton administration into a sticky mess. Following its political rhetoric against Sudan, the government was just about to pass a bill banning all trade with the African state; then it discovered that it cannot live without one product that only Sudan can supply in adequate volumes.
Sudan has found some allies in Washington. This is big news when one considers that the United States usually sees Sudan as a 'pariah' or 'rogue' state. Now, a group of large American companies are saying that the US cannot live without Sudan. Why not? Because of gum arabic.
These companies, among them top brand names such as Coca-Cola, ...