Bipartisan Letter Asks USTR to Go Beyond Consultations on Dairy TRQs
Eight House members, four Democrats and four Republicans, wrote to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai that five months of consultations is more than enough, and it's time to push for a binding resolution to the administration of dairy tariff rate…
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quotas in Canada. Under the USMCA, the next steps could be Canada and the U.S. agreeing to conciliation or mediation, or the U.S. could call for a dispute settlement panel. Reps. Ron Kind, D-Wis.; Tom Reed, R-N.Y.; Antonio Delgado, D-N.Y.; Glenn Thompson, R-Pa.; Suzan DelBene, D-Wash.; Dusty Johnson, R-S.D.; Jim Costa, D-Calif.; and David Valadao, R-Calif., sent the letter May 21, and in it noted that Canada reserves part of its quotas for processors in Canada, a factor that undermines the ability of American dairy exporters to use the TRQs.