(Reuters) – The United States and Mexico agreed on Monday to a sweeping trade deal that pressures Canada to accept the new terms on autos trade, dispute settlement and agriculture to keep a trilateral North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said the White House is ready to notify the U.S. […] Read more
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Supply management matters, but not in the way that its opponents or supporters probably want
Both internationally and domestically, supply management is at the centre of toxic, destructive politics
I’m sure supply management supporters and beneficiaries would most like to be ignored, to be able to run their farms and closed industrial system without anybody else thinking about it. They just want to farm. And I’m sure most supply management opponents would also like it to be a minor matter, an irritant but not […] Read more
Mexico eyes NAFTA breakthrough next week, says Canada joining soon
WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Mexico’s economy minister said on Friday that Mexico and the United States could overcome key stumbling blocks standing in the way of a new NAFTA deal next week, adding that Canada would likely soon rejoin the negotiations. Mexican and U.S. teams will work through the weekend to overhaul the North […] Read more
Mexico and Canada insist on three-way NAFTA deal
MEXICO CITY, July 25 (Reuters) – Canadian and Mexican officials insisted that the North American Free Trade Agreement remain a trilateral pact on Wednesday and reiterated their opposition to U.S. calls for a so-called “sunset clause” that could end the deal after five years. After a meeting in Mexico City, Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland […] Read more
Canadian pork benefit from trade war still unclear
For more than two weeks, China has imposed a tariff of 62 percent on pork imports from the United States. At that punitive rate it’s possible that no U.S. pork is moving into China, a country of 1.4 billion where the average person consumes 40 kilograms of pork per year, the highest rate in the […] Read more
Mexico, Canada optimistic about NAFTA despite G20 trade tensions
BUENOS AIRES, July 22 (Reuters) – The finance ministers for Mexico and Canada on Sunday said they were optimistic about NAFTA talks with the United States, even as trade tensions spurred by U.S. tariffs dominated the G20 meeting of world economic leaders in Argentina. Mexico Finance Minister Jose Antonio Gonzalez Anaya said there were still […] Read more
No good alternative if supply management ended: report
Canada should not bow to American demands to eliminate Class 7 milk or the entire supply management system for dairy, said policy expert Al Mussell. The research lead at Agri-Food Economic Systems said there is no good alternative to the current system. But Mussell also said Canada should get ready for changes to the system, […] Read more
Mexico hits back at U.S. with trade tariffs
MEXICO CITY —Mexico put tariffs on American products ranging from steel to pork and bourbon last week, retaliating against import duties on metals imposed by President Donald Trump and taking aim at Republican strongholds ahead of U.S. congressional elections in November. Mexico’s response further raises trade tensions between the two countries and adds a new […] Read more
Will supply management survive?
In April 2017, shortly after Canada closed the loophole on imports of ultra-filtered milk, Wisconsin dairy farmer Shane Sauer, told the CBC: “We don’t blame you (Canada)” for what was then a glut of product on the market. Sauer explained the explosion in production of ultra-filtered milk, used in milk byproducts such as cheese, came […] Read more
Trump exploits myths around supply management
At the meeting of G7 nations last weekend, U.S. President Donald Trump used bully tactics to get Trump-favorable language in a joint message designed to play well at his core supporters back home. The member nations all reached agreement on the document, but in the end Trump didn’t sign. He launched a written attack on […] Read more
