International Trade committee  I'm going to defer to our trade expert, Dennis.

International Trade committee  Yes. You're exactly right. The U.S. is our biggest trading partner: 80% of what we're producing in beef products is going into that market. Together, among the U.S., Mexico and Canada, we have created the world's largest beef-integrated system in the world. To our point, we have

International Trade committee  The precedent has been set. If there is damage.... Obviously, with the loss of quota on some of the negotiations, there was a precedent set where they were compensated. If we're looking at economies of scale, as I put it in my opening statement, $1,500 a head on three and a half

International Trade committee  I'm going to divert to Dennis Laycraft.

International Trade committee  One thing I can say—not pegging one agriculture industry against the other—is that we're in a unique position with the dairy industry, in that their animals will become beef at some point. As I stated before, $1,500 an animal is the increase in value by export trade and having st

International Trade committee  Yes, it's a market that we are 100% hungry for. When you look at the vast size of the Indo-Pacific market and what could potentially happen there.... One thing I want to remind the committee is that our sustainability in the environment and climate change is world-leading. We h

International Trade committee  I will defer quickly to Mr. Laycraft.

International Trade committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon. My name is Nathan Phinney. I'm a beef farmer from New Brunswick and president of the Canadian Cattle Association. With me today is Dennis Laycraft, executive vice-president of CCA. We appreciate the opportunity from the committee to provid