International Trade committee  It is a situation that we are well aware of. The volumes that are provided within the export thresholds for the three products that you're talking about are to be administered on a dairy-year basis. There is no provision in the agreement to pro-rate those in light of the entry-in

International Trade committee  Thank you very much.

International Trade committee  Yes, I'll keep it very brief. I would say that the access may not look significant when taken in the context of the overall agreement, but I can assure you that it's quite significant to the sectors that stand to benefit. If you look at sugar in particular, you see that the Unit

International Trade committee  The provision that you're talking about, which applies to three specific dairy products that are set out in the agreement, covers Canada's exports of those products to all countries.

International Trade committee  There is not.

International Trade committee  I am aware of no similar provision in any of our other trade agreements.

International Trade committee  Certainly. The provisions affecting the dairy sector in Canada are designed to respond to specific interests and concerns expressed by the United States during the course of the negotiations. In particular, the United States expressed to us repeatedly throughout the negotiations

International Trade committee  No, just to say that the dairy outcome overall was a very carefully and delicately put together balance of concessions and obligations. Given that no additional U.S. requests fell into the area of Canadian agriculture as part of the protocol, we did not consider that we would see

Agriculture committee  This is an unusual provision. I am not aware of any other similar provision in any of Canada's FTAs that would impose a restriction on the global exports of a commodity. It was concluded in the context of this agreement because it was the best option we were able to identify to

Agriculture committee  Thank you for the question. It's difficult to say what the impact of this particular provision will be five years from now. I think it's important to recall that the export monitoring commitments that Canada agreed to apply exclusively to three particular categories of dairy pr

Agriculture committee  Thank you for the question. It is a good question. They are often referred to as caps. We do not refer to them as caps. They are not a cap: Canadian exporters are free to continue exporting beyond the threshold amount that is set out in the agreement, but for volumes that excee

Agriculture committee  I was not part of Canada's agricultural negotiating team for those FTAs.

Agriculture committee  The sanitary and phytosanitary measures chapter of CUSMA reinforces and builds upon provisions that are contained in the original NAFTA, as well as in the WTO SPS Agreement. The outcome maintains the parties' sovereign right to protect human, animal or plant life or health, and r

Agriculture committee  There is incremental market access provided through the FTA. I'd like to start by saying, though, that the maintenance of the existing market access into both the United States and Mexico was by far the most important outcome of this FTA for Canada's agricultural sector. We produ

Agriculture committee  To understand why we ended up with this provision—which is a very unusual provision—you really have to understand the nature of the U.S. concerns that were being expressed with respect to Canada's supply management system for dairy, and in particular the concerns that were linked