United States requested consultations with Canada pursuant to Articles 31.2 and 31.4 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (“USMCA”)

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The United States called for a panel to weigh its grievances against Canada's dairy import quota system after a previous panel ruling and two rounds of consultations failed to spur more favorable treatment of U.S. producers by Ottawa. According to the latest panel request, Canada's tariff rate quota system still violates the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement by cutting off access to its market for certain types of U.S. companies seeking to import dairy products, including retailers and food service operators.

[To accompany Agency Update "U.S. Seeks Panel Hearing on Canadian Dairy Import Quota System" from Brooks Animal Law Digest Issue No. 176.]