Industry groups applaud U.S. government’s initiation of second USMCA dispute panel
The panel will address Canada’s ongoing refusal to meet its USMCA dairy trade obligations.
On May 25, the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) applauded the U.S. government’s announcement that it would once again initiate consultations, the first step in a formal dispute settlement case, over Canada’s continued manipulation of dairy tariff rate quotas (TRQs) in violation of Canada’s commitments under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) initiated a similar dispute settlement case exactly one year ago, Washington, D.C.-based IDFA noted. In December, a USMCA dispute panel found Canada to be noncompliant with its dairy TRQ commitments under USMCA.