After three years of negotiations, the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) will take effect on July 1. The U.S. dairy industry achieved its top two goals for USMCA — preserving our trade relationships in Mexico, our top export market, and reducing Canadian barriers to imported U.S. dairy products.
With respect to Canada, two-way trade of dairy products between the United States and Canada reached an all-time high of $1.26 billion in 2019. The U.S. dairy industry views a transparent, rules-based trading system as an imperative for consumers and industry on both sides of the border to reap the benefits of trade.