U.S. subsidizing corps’ overseas advertising

By Mark Tapscott

Published June 14, 2012 4:00am ET

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U.S. subsidizing corps’ overseas advertising — Sen. Tom Coburn, R-OK, released a report today that says the federal government has spent at least $2 billion on overseas marketing for many of the biggest names among U.S. food industry corporations even though those firms generated combined sales of more than $2 billion. The subsidies come through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Market […]

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-OK, released a report today that says the federal government has spent at least $2 billion on overseas marketing for many of the biggest names among U.S. food industry corporations even though those firms generated combined sales of more than $2 billion.

The subsidies come through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Market Access Program (MAP). Among the examples cited by Coburn in a statement released with the report were these:

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