U.S. Trade Ambassador Katherine Tai has requested a dispute settlement panel under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement to review measures adopted by Canada that she says undermine the ability of American dairy exporters to sell to Canadian consumers.
During a press briefing Tuesday, a USTR senior associate general counsel attorney said the complaint is not against Canada’s overall supply management system, but, “I think the issue is, as stated in the press release and in the panel request, is that Canada is setting aside a percentage to a processor group which we think is in direct violation of the text that was agreed to.”
The USTR officials say Canada’s reserving dairy tariff-rate quotas (TRQ’s) for specific processor and import groups are preventing high-value U.S.
