U.S. dairy groups are supporting Wednesday’s action by the U.S. Trade Representative to challenge Canada’s dairy trade practices.
Jeff Lyon with FarmFirst Dairy Cooperative is pleased the USTR is again going after Canada to have them fulfill their obligations under the USMCA agreement. “Canada has just shown already, going back to last year that they truly didn’t want to follow their obligations and put another proposal in that doesn’t make many changes.”
Jaime Castaneda with National Milk Producers Federation says the first dispute settlement panel ruled in favor of the U.S.