Army Guy Posted Sunday at 08:55 PM Report Posted Sunday at 08:55 PM On 2/24/2025 at 12:02 PM, User said: This is so backwards. Canada forces quotas to control prices, which drives up the cost of all dairy products. They have import quotas and pretty much outright block US from selling any dairy at all. What the US does is buy excess production in America at going market rates so the dairy industry doesn't completely collapse due to insanely cheap prices. Not even saying what America does is great, but it is certainly vastly better than what Canada is doing and that is why your prices are higher and why all the Canadians I know near the border purchase a ton of dairy products down here when they do along with picking up all their packages they have shipped to border communities... It is true Canada does control pricing and they do have import quotas, but according to data the US market has failed to meet those quotas for free trade under USMCA agreements....the question should be why...If they are not meeting the free exchange of dairy goods, there is no real reason to complain about the high tariffs, which are ridiculous to start with ranging around 300 % more. Here in Canada if a farmer exceeds his quota of milk produced, they dump it in the drain...however they pay for said quota and it is not cheap...you can under produce your quota but not sell any milk over your quota. As for crossing the border i know dozens of people that do just that for many food items, dairy is one of them, i used to drive to St Stevens NB about 45 min drive from my home buy food , milk and cheese, and gas up and return home and still save on those bills...even with the exchange rate....have not done it in a while but lots of people still doing it, the savings are not what the used to be.. I find American milk taste better... https://farmonaut.com/canada/usmca-dairy-trade-5-key-impacts-on-us-canada-tariffs Quote President Donald Trump correctly noted that Canada maintains tariffs above 200% on certain dairy products imported from the US. However, it’s crucial to understand that these high tariffs only apply to imports exceeding the duty-free quota limits established by the USMCA. Within these quotas, US dairy products can enter Canada without facing such prohibitive tariffs. Interestingly, as acknowledged by the US dairy industry, American exporters have not been hitting their allowed zero-tariff maximum in any category of dairy products. In many categories, including milk, US exports are not even reaching half of the zero-tariff quota. This underutilization suggests that factors beyond tariffs are influencing the dairy trade dynamics between the two countries. Quote We, the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have now done so much for so long with so little, we are now capable of doing anything with nothing.
herbie Posted Monday at 08:17 PM Report Posted Monday at 08:17 PM You're arguing with a guy that supports tariffs which drive up prices and reduce competition and consumer choice with not a single benefit to anyone. As you pointed out, they were given a quota and haven't even used it. MOF they used a loophole for shredded cheese to dominate the pizza supply here and pretend that 'doesn't count'. Take allok at the similar Egg Marketing Boards, where here in the boonies where we pay 'Alaska" prices, they never passed $6 Cdn a dozen. Oooo hurst us just s much.... NOT Make a better product and maybe if we ever stop going out of our way not to buy American again, you may have a valid gripe. Instead of believing every word that lying sack of shit President pulls out of his arse as truth. Quote
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