Trudeau Defends Dairy Subsidies After Trump Vows U.S. Farmer Aid
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau comments on Canada's protectionist dairy quotas during an interview with Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada will stick with its system of protectionist dairy quotas, even as President Donald Trump doubled down on a vow to help American farmers.
Trudeau spoke Thursday in Toronto during an interview with Bloomberg. It was his first public response to Trump’s Wisconsin pledge to press Canada for changes to its dairy system as part of North American Free Trade Agreement talks.