New Zealand challenges Canadian dairy trade practices

New Zealand has invoked dispute settlement proceedings against Canada under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, or CPTPP agreement. 

The Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand issued a statement saying Canada’s approach to trade agreement dairy quotas breaks the rules and severely restricts market access.  Chairman Malcolm Bailey says Canadian domestic processors sit on unused dairy quota allocation and have no interest in giving consumers access to New Zealand products.

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