Ontario dairy farmers are expressing disappointment as details begin to emerge about the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) — the provisional deal to replace NAFTA — which contains a major concession from Canada on dairy. The new deal would give U.S. farmers greater access to Canada's dairy industry, worth about 3.6 per cent of Canada's current dairy market, according to the Dairy Farmers of Canada. Lloyd said about 18 per cent of Canada's dairy market is open to tariff-free imports. Canada's dairy industry, he argued, has been protected from competition and therefore hasn't challenged to grow and change. But that doesn't cut it for David Wiens, vice-president of Dairy Farmers of Canada.

Source: CBC News October 01, 2018 17:43 UTC