CPTPP Panel Sides With New Zealand Over Canada Dairy Supply-Management Rules

CPTPP Panel Sides With New Zealand Over Canada Dairy Supply-Management Rules
Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development Minister Mary Ng answers media questions in Jakarta, Indonesia on Sept. 5, 2023. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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A Pacific Rim trade dispute panel has found Canada’s dairy-sector protections violate obligations that Ottawa signed with New Zealand and other countries.

The Liberal government, however, insists the ruling is a win, pointing to a clause that confirms Canada has some discretion over its imports.