U.S. Expected to Make Dairy-Trade Complaint Against Canada

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is expected to unveil an enforcement action against Canada over its rules for U.S. dairy imports, according to a government official.

The official, who asked not to be named because they aren’t authorized to speak publicly on the matter, said the U.S. had informed Canada of its decision to file the enforcement action. Canada maintains that it is fully within its rights to apply tariff-rate quotas, or TRQs, which follow the rules laid out in the trade deal between the U.S., Canada and Mexico that went into effect in July.