Dairy organizations react to U.S. trade agreement with Canada, Mexico
IDFA, USDEC and NMPF said the agreement will benefit the U.S. dairy sector.
On Sept. 30, the United States and Canada reached a deal for Canada to stay in a free-trade pact with the United States and Mexico. The trade agreement includes the elimination of Canada’s Class 7 pricing system and the creation of some additional market access, two important objectives of the U.S. dairy sector, the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and National Milk producers Federation (NMPF) said in a joint press release.
The organizations thanked Trump Administration negotiators for “fighting hard against Canada’s trade-distorting practices.” The groups said they look forward to reviewing the text of the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), in particular the dairy provisions, to better understand the benefits to U.S. agriculture and dairy.