The Trump administration should not conclude NAFTA 2.0 negotiations without having reached a deal with Canada to expand market access for U.S. dairy producers, Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., wrote in a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer this week.
“American dairy producers have faced both falling prices and unfair Canadian policies that are undermining their ability to sell into the Canadian market,” Bennet said. “I urge you not to miss this opportunity to support American agricultural exports, particularly for the American dairy industry as it faces a precarious moment.” He also noted Trump’s own promise in Wisconsin last year to “stand up for our dairy farmers” and his criticism that the current dairy trade between the two nations marked “another typical one-sided deal against the United States.”