Ottawa plans compensation for farmers to blunt impact of trade deal
The federal government is preparing a financial compensation package for Canadian dairy and poultry farmers as a way to blunt the impact of signing onto a massive Pacific Rim trade deal which could allow a surge of agricultural imports from other countries, sources said.
#Canada Trade Agreement Causes Schism As Dairy Industry Finds Fault
Canada’s new Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the European Union presents opportunities for agricultural exports, but has prompted strong opposition from a dairy standpoint.
Free trade: Quebec cheesemakers may be hit hard by deal with EU
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is heading to Brussels Thursday to conclude a free-trade deal with the European Union that probably will affect everything from beef exports to dairy imports to trade in vehicles.
#Dairy farmers seek ways to survive under federal budget cuts
Farmers feeling whiplash from program cuts
TGD: #Canada May Drop Cheese Tariffs to Access EU Beef Market
The Canadian government is prepared to knock holes in the hefty tariff walls shielding dairy producers from foreign competition and admit more European cheese into this country in return for greater access to EU markets for Canada’s beef and pork.