The NAFTA we established in 1994 helped with so many of them. We had duty-free access to the U.S., and then into Mexico. An area that I, as a producer, see some concern with is the harmonization of regulations. The grain industry has become extremely efficient, but that means subtle changes in market input costs can be a huge disadvantage for us. In terms of crop protection products, stuff is available on the U.S. side that is maybe not available here in Canada. The challenge is harmonization. We look at those crop protection items. With the moving of value added into the U.S., sometimes you see the differences. We're seeing a lot of that now with regulations on packaging. I know with the value-added products, whether they be ingredients or nutrition, we run into difficulties with labelling. Those are some areas of harmonization that would be helpful for the agri-food market.
On February 18th, 2020. See this statement in context.