Trudeau: don’t back down on Canada’s supply management system

Successive U.S. administrations have railed against the system because it prevents a U.S. dairy industry, notorious for overproduction, from dumping its surplus into the Canadian market.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured Feb. 13, 2017 in the Oval Office.
TORONTO—Canada’s supply management system is now the target of the Trump administration, but this U.S. whining is not new. Successive U.S. administrations have railed against the system because it prevents a U.S. dairy industry, notorious for overproduction, from dumping its surplus into the Can...

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