U.S. agriculture groups are watching the pending negotiations between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada as the countries work on renewing the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement. Tony Rice, the director of trade policy for the National Milk Producers Federation, said the USMCA is very important for the dairy industry and U.S. dairy exports.
Rice said the Federation supports the continuation of USMCA, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be improved, starting with U.S. dairy access to Canada.
Rice said there’s also a problem with non-fat milk solid exports from Canada into the U.S.
Over $2.5 billion worth of dairy exports went to Mexico last year, but Rice said that doesn’t mean there isn’t something to improve.
Formal negotiations are scheduled to begin on July 1st. For more information, visit nmpf.org.
