'Canada can end this': NZ triggers next step in dairy dispute

'Canada can end this': NZ triggers next step in dairy dispute
NZ has just notified the Canadian Government it has triggered mandatory negotiations over its dairy dispute. (Image: Unsplash)
Dileepa Fonseka
The Government has triggered mandatory negotiations in its trade dispute with Canada over dairy products which the dairy industry estimates has cost New Zealand exporters more than $120 million.Trade Minister Todd McClay said New Zealand had notified the Canadian Government and other Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) Governments that it intended to trigger the negotiation provisions of the trade agreement."Canada can end this dispute by meeting its CPTPP obligations to us. If they continue to cho...

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