WASHINGTON — Despite recent suggestions to the contrary, U.S officials negotiating a new NAFTA trade deal have demanded that Canada end its supply-management system for dairy and egg products, Ottawa’s deputy ambassador to the United States said Tuesday.
And that request is a non-starter for Canada, Kirsten Hillman stressed to a conference here.
The dairy sector has been a surprisingly hot-button issue in wrangling over a new North American Free Trade Agreement, with President Donald Trump repeatedly complaining about protection of the Canadian industry.
Yet just last month, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said the U.S. is not trying to get Canada to “ditch its supply management system,” only to manage it better so over-supply doesn’t flood the world market.
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