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Canada Is Running a Milk Racket
- slededit 8y agoEven Canadians are pretty much against the dairy protectionism. But the NAFTA agreement never hinged on dairy - its all about the 5 year sunset clause which would stop cross border investment and make the agreement all but useless. That of course was the disagreement before this weekend. Now Trump has made it personal, and its going to be real hard to get any concessions form Trudeau without making it look like a surrender to the bullying USA.
- Fjolsvith 8y agoI think that the US should just use mirror tariffs - where if a country imposes tariffs on our products, our country just imposes the same tariffs on theirs. That way it wouldn't be personal. Countries that take advantage of the US with their tariffs currently in place would need to either suck it up and live with the tariffs or level the playing field.
- slededit 8y agoThe problem is that tariffs aren't the only point of contention. Agriculture is heavily subsidized by both countries. If you focus solely on tariffs you aren't going to succeed in creating a level playing field.
- olliej 8y agoSorry I don’t have sympathy for “Canada has protectionist dairy policies” when we compare to the massive subsidizing of farming in the US.
- grawprog 8y agoIt's because Canada's dairy is better than America's. No bovine growth hormones is probably the biggest benefit. I also know a good number of people who were fairly upset when unlabelled American dairy started being allowed. Personally I don't want America's inferior dairy products in my stores.