By Tyne Morgan
Ag Web
Dairy tariff-rate quotas (TRQ) have been a point of contention since the United States reached an agreement with Canada over the dairy portion of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). And just over a year and a half since the new agreement went into effect, the United States won its first challenge over dairy.
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced Tuesday that the United States prevailed in its first dispute settlement panel proceeding brought under USCMA. The panel concluded Canada is breaching its USMCA commitments by “reserving most of the in-quota quantity in its dairy tariff-rate quotas for the exclusive use of Canadian processors.”