British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says that a new trade deal with Canada has been “slightly held up by the Canadian reluctance to allow too much British cheese to tempt the palates of Canadians.”
“I think what’s really needed now is more affordable, high-quality British cheese in Canada and I hope that we can do a deal to allow that,” he said in an interview with the CBC.
“We’re very hopeful that we can do a great deal. There are big opportunities for Canadian business here in the U.K. – we’re a giant market,” Johnson said.
It’s far from the first time that the entrenched Canadian dairy farmers have been cited as a stumbling block in reaching trade deals with, for example, the United States.
