Trump administration 2024-2028

[MilEME09]

U.S. lists demands Canada must meet to extend CUSMA, and dairy will be a non starter.

U.S. lists demands Canada must meet to extend CUSMA

U.S. trade officials are signalling that Canada will need to make policy changes if it wants long-term certainty under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) when the pact comes up for mandatory review next year.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

[RangerRay]

U.S. lists demands Canada must meet to extend CUSMA, and dairy will be a non starter.

U.S. lists demands Canada must meet to extend CUSMA

U.S. trade officials are signalling that Canada will need to make policy changes if it wants long-term certainty under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) when the pact comes up for mandatory review next year.

www.ctvnews.ca

I’m actually ok with some of those, especially the dairy and streaming and online news regulations. I wasn’t a fan before Trump and my mind hasn’t changed.

As for the booze…m’eh. Just because it’s stocked doesn’t mean it will be bought. I never bought much of their swill beforehand anyways. Not really a fan of mandating the provinces to stock a foreign import in their Crown stores.

 

[MilEME09]

I’m actually ok with some of those, especially the dairy and streaming and online news regulations. I wasn’t a fan before Trump and my mind hasn’t changed.

As for the booze…m’eh. Just because it’s stocked doesn’t mean it will be bought. I never bought much of their swill beforehand anyways. Not really a fan of mandating the provinces to stock a foreign import in their Crown stores.

Some of the online regulations I agree with, I think they could be tweaked. Outside of dairy though, this is the Trump administration really trying to bend domestic policy alot in canada

 

[RangerRay]

Some of the online regulations I agree with, I think they could be tweaked. Outside of dairy though, this is the Trump administration really trying to bend domestic policy alot in canada

Most likely. I was just saying that for some of the arm bending, we could have a rubber arm.

 

[MilEME09]

Most likely. I was just saying that for some of the arm bending, we could have a rubber arm.

If Washington is going to demand more in our dairy, then I'd hit back with a simple caveat, all dairy must meet or exceed our food safety standards to be imported. That would automatically eliminate 80% of US dairy any way.

 

[Altair]

If Washington is going to demand more in our dairy, then I'd hit back with a simple caveat, all dairy must meet or exceed our food safety standards to be imported. That would automatically eliminate 80% of US dairy any way.

Considering that the USA already does not use their full allotment of dairy exports allowed under CUSMA, Canadian food regulations are going to be the target of any negotiation.

 

[MilEME09]

Considering that the USA already does not use their full allotment of dairy exports allowed under CUSMA, Canadian food regulations are going to be the target of any negotiation.

so then where do we hit back? imo softwood lumber is a lost cause, they will just break that deal within 12 months

 

[Altair]

so then where do we hit back? imo softwood lumber is a lost cause, they will just break that deal within 12 months

CUSMA/USMCA/T-MEC have been passed by the legislatures of all 3 countries.

USMCA is an act of Congress.

The US president cannot leave USMCA without passing a bill through Congress to make it no longer the law of the land.

I believe that requires 60 senators.

And while CUSMA/USMCA/T-Mec is up for negotiations in 2026, the actual expiry date is 2036. If no deal is struck, it leads to yearly renegotiations until 2036 or a new deal is struck, whichever comes first.

Wait.

Him.

Out.