News - NAFTA

The acting Executive Director of the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance expects the less contentious issues under the North American Free Trade Agreement to be dealt with first before negotiators move on to the more contentious issues.

The Director of International Trade, Government and Media Relations with Canadian Meat Council says beef and pork producers and processors will be looking for a revised NAFTA that maintains the benefits it has created for North American Agriculture and results in greater coordination of food safety programs.

The Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute says strong American support for NAFTA, particularly within the agricultural community, will play an important role in the renegotiation of agreement.

Colin Robertson, the Vice President and a Fellow of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, says the fact that Canada is actually at the table is cause for optimism.

The National Pork Producers Council says maintaining zero tariffs on the movement of pork is the top priority of U.S. pork producers as the U.S., Canada and Mexico move to modernize NAFTA.

Manitoba’s Premier is calling on the federal government to rethink the scheduled for its plan to legalize the use of marijuana as Canada prepares to enter sensitive negotiations aimed at revamping the North American Free Trade Agreement.

The Chair of the Canadian Pork Council credits support from U.S. farmers and rural political leaders for a softening of the anti-North American Free Trade Agreement rhetoric.