As if the USMCA dairy concessions were not bad enough

The joint reviews after year six appear to set up a process of continuous, piecemeal renegotiation. This is a recipe for constant pressure by corporate lobbyists—and American ambition—to erode both the economic and political sovereignty of all three countries without triggering public attention.
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland was the lead minister to negotiate the new free trade agreement with the U.S., now called the United States Mexico Canada deal.
SASKATOON—Canadians are rightly concerned by the new North American trade deal’s concessions on supply management. Farmers are also very concerned about its attack on the integrity of Canada’s grain quality control system. Our government's capitulation on these matters was no doubt encouraged ...

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