‘It’s inviting retaliation’: Bloc supply management bill will have Canada bracing for U.S. response, say trade watchers

CUSMA would likely not have been possible if Bill C-282 were law, says a former U.S. trade negotiator.
U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa on March 24, 2023. Access to the Canadian dairy market has been a sour point in the Canada-U.S. trading relationship.

By threatening to add a new gripe to the list of Canada-U.S. trade disagreements, the adoption of a bill to ban supply management concessions could fuel a fraught review of the North American trade pact in 2026, say former trade officials.

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