Lawmakers Lead Bipartisan Push to Get Dairy Access in Canada
Almost 75 House members, from both parties, asked the U.S. trade representative to hold Canada accountable for not meeting its dairy commitments under USMCA. The U.S. already brought two panels against Canada over the issue of its tariff rate quota administration, and while it won some arguments in the first dispute, Canada's fixes were ruled adequate in the second (see 2311240002).
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Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., led the letter, and said, "President [Donald] Trump was able to secure massive commitments from Canada on dairy under USMCA, yet Canada has spent years dodging those obligations and blocking U.S. dairy from their marketplace. Their manipulation of dairy quotas have hurt our producers and violated the letter and spirit of the agreement."
Dairy interests have said they will seek recompense for lost sales as part of the USMCA review (see 2502210033).