Turland, Madeline, Rick Barichello and Colin Carter

from ARE Update Vol. 26, No. 3, Jan/Feb, 2023

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Abstract

Canada and the United States have a long history of a strong trading relationship, but these neighbors have had several agri-cultural trade disputes. The most recent was initiated in 2020 when the United States filed a complaint under the U.S.–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA), alleging Canada violated its commitments to partially open its protected dairy market to additional imports. In this article, we consider alternative viewpoints on this case and conclude it is a legal dispute over relatively “small economic potatoes.”

Keywords

USMCA, dairy trade, tariff-rate quotas, supply management

Citation

Turland, Madeline, Rick Barichello and Colin Carter. 2023. "Canadian-U.S. Dairy Trade Dispute: A Tempest in a Teapot." ARE Update 26(3): 5-8. University of California Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics.
https://giannini.ucop.edu/filer/file/1676489934/20605/