We (Canadians) might not need or want tariffs on dairy products if your government didn’t subsidize the hell out of their production. You know, subsidies, the things that you keep slapping tariffs on our softwood lumber for? The US massively overproduces dairy products because of those subsidies.
RE: We (Canadians) might not need or want tariffs on dairy products if your government didn’t subsidize the hell out of their production.
OK, what about a deal — you don’t subsidize your products (including drugs) and we don’t subsidize ours.
Oh, and BTW, the dairy industry was an exception to the FTA specifically carved out during negotiations. The US agreed to it. If we drop the tariffs, US dairy products will probably completely swamp and destroy the Canadian dairy industry, again due to the massive subsidies in the US.
I imagine we might be willing to discuss dropping the Canadian tariffs on dairy if you were willing to discuss dropping your subsidies.