The U.S. has now threatened to file a formal complaint with Canada over the allocations, saying it gives market access directly to American competitors, rather than opening up the Canadian market to foreign firms, as USMCA sought to do.<\/p>\n
It almost seems like the Trudeau government is sleepwalking into this<\/p>\n
Dairy is something were going to be very closely monitoring with Canada, Lighthizer said in the hearing last week. If theres any shading of the benefits to American farmers, were going to bring a case against them, he told the committee. He said he would be very closely monitoring Canadian dairy allocations to protect American producers.<\/p>\n
Lighthizer also told the committee that a surge in aluminum supply, mostly from Canada, ran counter to previous anti-dumping arrangements, and was something that were looking at and talking to both Mexico and Canada about. A report by Bloomberg News on Monday, citing anonymous sources, suggested the Trump administration was mulling the re-imposition of tariffs on aluminum, and could make an announcement by Friday.<\/p>\n
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Liberal government nearing revived trade spat with U.S. as tensions mount over dairy, aluminum - National Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The U.S. has now threatened to file a formal complaint with Canada over the allocations, saying it gives market access directly to American competitors, rather than opening up the Canadian market to foreign firms, as USMCA sought to do. It almost seems like the Trudeau government is sleepwalking into this Dairy is something were going to be very closely monitoring with Canada, Lighthizer said in the hearing last week. Continue reading