Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada’s supply management system is off-limits in response to comments Dec. 17 from U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer that the policy is one of the major roadblocks to reaching a Canada-U.S. trade deal.
Carney’s comments came in the context of media questions about when a U.S.-Canada sectoral deal can be reached, with Carney saying it’s “unlikely” that will happen before the joint review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) next July.
“We’ll continue to protect supply management,” Carney said Dec. 18 during an unrelated press conference in Ottawa alongside Ontario Premier Doug Ford. “Supply management is never on the table.”…