U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement

U.S. bristles after Canada escalates trade fight at WTO.

Canadian producers ramp up milk production in effort to meet internal demand.

Shaun Haney, founder of RealAgriculture.com made his way to Las Vegas to help producers attending the MILK Business Conference understand NAFTA from Canada’s perspective.

U.S. has yet to detail proposals on dairy and other key issues.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will continue to defend the supply management system that protects the Canadian dairy industry in talks about revamping the North American Free Trade Agreement.

When the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was ratified back on Jan. 1, 1994, President Clinton was in the White House, Forrest Gump was talking about boxes of chocolates and World Dairy Expo had just celebrated its 25th year. Dairy exports were at roughly 3 percent of production and there was a groundswell of support for a formal supply management program to do something with the oversupply of milk.

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) is pushing back hard against a statement by the Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister on up-coming talks to re-negotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.

All eyes are on Washington D.C. this week as negotiations begin to “modernize” NAFTA, but getting on the same page will be step one.

Now that the trade dispute between Canada and the U.S. has died down, maybe the two countries can resume normal relations.

The White House plans to present to Congress a text of the U.S.-Mexico trade agreement to revise portions of NAFTA. The U.S. & Canada are struggling to resolve their differences over dairy protections.