Economics

U.S. Challenges Canadian Dairy-Tariff Quotas Under USMCA

  • Canada is meeting its obligations, Trade Minister Ng says
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A cow is brushed at a dairy farm in Delta, British Columbia in July 2019. 

Photographer: James MacDonald/Bloomberg
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The U.S. is challenging Canada’s allocation of dairy tariff-rate quotas, saying the way it’s done undermines American farmers’ ability to sell a wide range of products to Canadian consumers.