Articles tagged under: USMCA
USMCA Enforcement Falls Short
Published July 11, 2023
Glenwood, Minnesota dairy farmer Brad Vold was one of the five farm and rural leaders testifying before the Ways and Means Committee. Vold said it is important for the government to negotiate new trade agreements in key markets including Taiwan,…Corn Matters
Published June 11, 2023
Minnesota Corn Growers Association President Richard Syverson talks about new developments in the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement. Hear more in the latest Corn Matters.U.S.-Mexico Trade Relationship at Risk
Published May 27, 2023
A trade dispute between the United States and Mexico has resulted in ongoing consultations through the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. International trade consultant Kenneth Smith Ramos, who is Mexico's former chief negotiator for the North American Trade Agreement, says the trade relationship…The U.S. Initiates Another Dispute Panel Against Canada
Published May 25, 2022
Canada is not meeting their dairy trade obligations under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. On Wednesday, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative initiated a second dispute panel to address the challenge. The U.S. issued the first dispute panel earlier this year.…Holding Trade Partners Accountable
Published April 1, 2022
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai answered questions from the House Ways and Means Committee this past week about holding trade partners accountable for implementing trade agreements. This includes the way Canada handled dairy market access in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. "This…No Satisfaction in Dairy Trade Dispute Settlement
Published March 4, 2022
Canada is proposing changes to its dairy tariff rate quota system to end the dispute with the United States over market access. In January, the U.S. won the first-ever USMCA dispute settlement case on the dairy trade issue. However, the…Canada Increasing Dairy Market
Published January 5, 2022
The USMCA Dispute Settlement Panel has ruled Canada is unfairly restricting access to its market for U.S. dairy products. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the United States will now be able to sell more dairy products to Canada. "We're going…Dairy Industry Represented at USMCA Hearing
Published July 28, 2021
The U.S. dairy industry has had some heartburn with Canada’s dairy tariff quotas and Mexican regulations designed to limit imports. Idaho dairy farmer Allan Huttema addressed the need for enforcement of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement during testimony before the Senate Finance…USMCA Trade Talks Resume This Week
Published July 4, 2021
Trade officials from the U.S., Canada and Mexico will meet Wednesday in Mexico City. They’ll pick up on the negotiations for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement. The trade deal reached its one-year anniversary this past week.