NZ Prepping to Sue Canada Over Dairy Trade Access

Published on May 3, 2024

A trade dispute between New Zealand and Canada over dairy products has escalated with Trade Minister Todd McClay seeking legal advice over what he calls a “cynical ” ploy by Canada to limit market access. Under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) free trade agreement, Canada, as a signatory was supposed to allow free and unrestricted access of New Zealand’s dairy products to the Canadian market. However, claims Canada was manipulating quotas to block exporters were upheld by an independent panel ruling in September 2023, and they were given until May 1 to revise its tariff rate quotas, remove priority access to its own dairy industry, and open up the market to New Zealand and other partnership signees without impediment....

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