As negotiations towards the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement continue, B.C.’s 15,000 dairy industry employees are holding their collective breath.
The TPP seeks to establish new free trade agreements for goods, services, importing and exporting among 12 countries including the United States, Japan, Canada, Australia and Mexico. No timetable for a deal has been announced, but many analysts are speculating talks could be nearing the home stretch.
David Janssens, who owns and operates Nicomekl Farms Ltd. in Surrey, which has 450 cows that produce 400,000 litres of milk a month, said the TPP has the potential to disrupt the entire Canadian dairy industry.
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