An updated NAFTA must include increased access to Canada's
protected dairy market, four Republican senators said Tuesday — just days before ministers from all three countries are expected to meeting Washington, D.C.
Not exact matches
Canada's
dairy market is
protected by high tariffs and has been a key bone of contention, but experts expect only slight concessions from Ottawa in NAFTA talks.
Newfoundland's fight can be seen as a dry run for when the federal government finally bows to international pressure and dismantles the antiquated rules that
protect Canada's provincial
dairy, poultry and egg
markets from foreign competition.
Canada's
dairy market is
protected by high tariffs and has been a key bone of contention, but experts expect only «marginal» concessions from Ottawa.
The seventh round of NAFTA talks is set to begin later this month in Mexico City with substantial differences remaining on autos, a sunset clause and an investor - dispute resolution mechanism, and U.S. demands for greater
market access to Canada's
protected dairy industry.
Farmers operating under supply - management boards in the Canadian
dairy, chicken and other
protected agricultural sectors can be expected to offer justifications for the
market power that enables them to sell their wares at prices substantially higher than in most other countries.
The New Zealand
dairy giant hired broker Goldman Sachs to buy as much as 10 per cent of Bega in an after -
market raid, revealed by AFR.com, in a bid to
protect its licensing agreement with Bega.