U.S., Canada Reach Agreement On Dairy Exports
WASHINGTON, D.C. The
Office of the U.S. Trade Repre
sentative and the U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture last week an
nounced an important settlement
with Canada resulting in major
revisions to Canada’s subsidy
programs for its dairy exports.
The U.S. recently won a World
Trade Organization (WTO) case
that ruled that Canada was con
tinuing to provide illegal subsi
dies to its dairy industry. As a re
sult of the settlement, Canada
has agreed to eliminate these sub
sidies.
Consequently, Canada will no
longer export subsidized dairy
products to the U.S. and will sig
nificantly limit subsidized dairy
exports destined to third coun
tries.
“This is great news for Ameri
can dairy farmers and processors.
The playing field has been lev
eled. The Canadians have agreed
to comply with the WTO decision
and will stop exporting subsi
dized dairy products to the U. 5.,”
said U.S. Trade Representative
Robert B. Zoellick. “I welcome
Canada’s quick action to comply
with the WTO’s most recent rul
ing, and fully expect Canada to
abide by its WTO commitments
on dairy exports.”
“Canada’s dairy subsidies have
hurt U.S. producers and we are
pleased that the WTO process
has resulted in a positive solu
tion,” said Agriculture Secretary
Ann M. Veneman. “This agree
ment will allow our producers to
more effectively compete in the
marketplace.”
Over a number of years, the
U.S. has argued before the WTO
that Canada’s dairy programs
provided export subsidies to its
dairy processors and farmers
above the level that Canada com
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In December 2002, the WTO
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sidies with the sale of discounted
milk to Canadian processors
under its Commercial Export
Milk (CEM) program.
Canada’s settlement of the
case is also with New Zealand,
which joined the U.S. in chal
lenging Canada’s dairy regime in
the WTO.
Key elements of the settlement
between the U.S. and Canada
are:
• By April 30, all Canadian
provinces eliminated the CEM
program, which the WTO ruled
as providing export subsidies.
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amendments to its regulations re
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• Canada prohibited any new
contracts under the CEM pro
gram as of December 31, 2002,
thereby limiting the amount of
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subsidized dairy exports for the
remainder of the current market
ing year, ending July 31.
• As of May 1, all deliveries of
CEM milk ceased, and there will
be no exports to the U.S. of any
subsidized milk or cream.
• Canada ceased issuing per
mits for the export of dairy prod
ucts under its Special Milk Class
s(d) for the remainder of the cur
rent marketing year.
• For the current marketing
year, Canada will ensure that
subsidized exports of butter and
skim milk powder stay within the
level established in the WTO.
• Canada will exceed its WTO
commitment level for subsidies
provided to exports of cheese and
other milk products by a limited
amount in the current marketing
year. Due to the elimination of
the CEM program, however, as
of August 1, no subsidized dairy
exports will enter the U.S., and
Canada also will limit its subsi
dized dairy exports to other for
eign markets to the level estab
lished in the WTO.
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numbers of federal and state legisla
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listed for persons wishing to contact
them.
President George W. Bush, The
White House, 1600 Pennsylvania
Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C.
20500 (White House comment line:
1-202-456-1111); fax: (202)
456-2461; e-mail: President@White
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Sen. Aden Specter, Room 530,
Hart Senate Building, Washington,
D.C. 20510. Phone; (202) 224-4254;
fax: (202) 228-1229; e-mail: See
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Sen. Rick Santorum, Suite 1,
Russell Senate Building, Washing
ton, D.C. 20510. Phone: (202)
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Rep. Joseph R. Pitts, (R-16th
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Office Building, Washington, D.C.
20515. Phone: (202) 225-2411; fax:
(202) 225-2013; Lancaster office, 50
N. Duke St. Phone; (717) 393-0667;
fax: (717) 393-0924.
Gov. Ed Rendell, 225 Main Capi
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Phone: (717) 787-2500; fax: (717)
772-8284; e-mail: govemorOsta
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Sen. Gibson E. Armstrong (R
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Building, Senate Box 203013,
Harrisburg, PA 17120. Phone; (717)
787-6535 or (800) 235-1313; 120 S.
Queen St., Lancaster, PA 17603;
2997 Cape Horn Road, Red Lion,
PA 17356; e-mail; garmstrong@pa
sen.gov.
Sen. Chip Brightbill (R-48th Dis
trict), Room 350, Capitol Building,
Harrisburg, PA 17120. Phone: (717)
787-5780; fax: (717) 787-3455; dis
trict office, 222 S. Market St., Suite
103, Elizabethtown, PA 17022.
Phone; (717) 361-6080; fax: (717)
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772-5290; fax: (717) 772-9869; 47
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