Sacred cow: If supply management has to be killed, Canada’s dairy industry will have to follow New Zealand’s lead

Sacred cow: If supply management has to be killed, Canada’s dairy industry will have to follow New Zealand’s lead

It’s not easy being Kiwi, but the tiny country has become a dairy juggernaut by being an aggressive free-marketer. Canada may eventually need to do the same, depending on what voters are willing to accept amid Donald Trump’s trade war

Trump's Misleading Claim on Canadian Dairy Tariffs

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. To support his plan to increase tariffs, President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that the Canadian government charges U.S. farmers a 250% or 270% tariff on dairy products exported to Canada. That’s misleading. There are rates that high on the books, but they would only be charged if U.S. exports exceed predetermined tariff rate quotas, which the dairy exports don’t come close to …