Dairy's outsized political influence and the trade war
Trump has repeatedly aired frustrations over U.S. dairy farmers' limited access to Canada's market. Despite this, Ottawa has continued to make efforts to protect the industry from trade negotiations – even while Prime Minister Mark Carney makes other concessions.
The Globe's agriculture and food policy reporter, Kate Helmore, joins the show to explain how supply management works, why it makes negotiating trade deals around dairy so challenging, and just how much political sway the dairy industry has.
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