The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiators are meeting
in Atlanta this week and hope to have a deal by Oct. 2.
The key issue, negotiators say, is an automobile trade
agreement between the United States and Japan.
While these negotiations carry a threat of significant
tariff cuts for Canadian dairy and poultry sectors, Quebec’s dairy farmers are
focused on imports of U.S. milk for processing at Canadian plants that then
export the products.
This trade has been steadily increasing and even though the
terms call for none of the processed products to remain in Canada, Quebec’s
dairy farmers are planning a major demonstration in Montreal to pressure
politicians to put a stop to the program.
