Canada made dairy-industry trade concessions at the
Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations in Hawaii this week, but the 12 nations
involved in the talks say it isn’t enough.
Anonymous sources quoted by reporters indicate that both New
Zealand and the United States said Canada needs to offer more.
New Zealand has also called on the United States to open
more of its dairy market to imports.
Apparently the dairy industry is the main remaining
stumbling block in the negotiations.
There is no mention in the media reports of Canada’s
supply-,management protection for its turkey, egg, chicken and hatching egg
markets.
The negotiations continue today and Friday. Prime Minister
Stephen Harper said Trade Minister Ed Fast has been granted enough flexibility
on the dairy-industry issue to strike a deal.
