dairy
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Saputo buying UK-based Dairy Crest Group for roughly $1.7B
Manufactures cheese, butters, spreads and oils under British brands Cathedral City, Clover, Country Life and Frylight.
Thousands march in Montreal in support of farmers, against USMCA concessions
Dairy farmers expressed dissatisfaction with the new trade deal.
Dairy farmer anger over trade deal gets awkward for one Liberal MP
Pierre Breton offered support to farmers in his rural riding at a protest that opposed his government’s trade policy.
The winners and losers in the new NAFTA
The new deal is preferable to economic chaos.
Supply managed farmers to get compensation as a result of continental trade deal
Trudeau said conversations with the industry are already underway to determine what fair compensation will look like.
Key takeaways from the USMCA deal and an AP fact check
USMCA replaces the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Trump cheers new USMCA trade deal, heralds end of NAFTA era
Proclaims the newly forged US-Mexico-Canada Agreement as the biggest trade deal in the history of the United States.
Manufacturers relieved, dairy farmers angry in wake of NAFTA replacement deal
One of the biggest wins is the deal the exempts a percentage of eligible auto exports from tariffs: president of Global Automakers of Canada.
Canadian dairy farmers’ group pans new trade pact with US, Mexico
Group says greater market access and elimination of competitive dairy classes will shrink the Canadian industry.
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Good-bye NAFTA, hello USMCA: Canada inks new trade deal with US, Mexico
More access to dairy but Canada saves dispute provision, accommodation reached on Section 232 tariffs.
Canada US reach deal to stay in trade pact with Mexico
US farmers get more access to the Canadian dairy market, but NAFTA dispute-resolution process stays.
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Freeland to return to NAFTA talks in Washington this week
Intense discussions continue but stalling over dispute settlement mechanism.
Freeland briefs PM on NAFTA, not returning to Washington immediately
Lead negotiator Steve Verheul and David MacNaughton, Canada’s ambassador to the US, back in action on Sept. 14.
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How the dairy lobby’s cash grab put Canada in Trump’s crosshairs
He may not have a sophisticated understanding of international trade, but he understands numbers and politics.
Couillard will go to court if NAFTA deal is unsatisfactory to Quebec farmers
Won’t accept an agreement that doesn’t meet the approval of dairy producers.
