Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday January 5, 2022
MELFORT, Sask. – Arbitrators issued the final report into U.S. complaints about how Canada is interpreting North American trade rules around dairy imports and both countries are claiming victory.
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai requested a dispute settlement panel last May to examine allegations from American producers that Canada is denying them fair access to the Canadian market.
The panel was established under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s dispute-resolution system. It said Canada’s practices are inconsistent with the commitments spelled out in the trade deal.
Tai’s office said it won the dispute, which accused Canada of unfairly favouring Canadian processors, effectively denying U.S. farmers their fair share of the supply-managed Canadian market.