US Dairy Industry Presses Canada for Changes to Quota
Exporters want retailers, food-service companies to be able to bring in products free of tariffs
U.S. dairy exporters are demanding Canada rewrite its rules around who can import cheese, milk and other products as President Donald Trump threatens to impose a 35-per-cent tariff on Canadian goods beginning Aug. 1.
Last week, Mr. Trump sent a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney threatening to impose more tariffs on a number of Canadian goods and complaining about Canada's protectionist measures on supplymanaged products such as dairy. The deadline for the Canada-U.S. trade deal has been postponed from July 21 to Aug. 1.
U.S. exporters want Canadian retailers and food-service companies to be able to import dairy tariff-free under the U.S.Mexico-Canada...
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