President Donald Trump’s desire to have Coca-Cola use cane sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup in its products could cost jobs, a corn industry group warned on Wednesday.

Trump suggested Wednesday that Coca-Cola had agreed to use “REAL Cane Sugar in Coke in the United States.” However, Coca-Cola has not publicly confirmed it will move to use cane sugar.

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