Ignoring the fact that the negotiations are being carried out as if we live in the actually USSR, I find this extremely interesting.
If the deal wouldn't be so corrupt I would welcome it. But of course, trust the governments of all the countries involved to screw it up.
Reading a few more articles on the supply management system, it was suggested that it would cost $30 billion dollars to buy out the dairy farmers if the quota system was ended. That is insane.
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But it is Orwellian hypocrisy for the U.S. agricultural negotiator to issue warnings to her Canadian counterparts (through gullible Canadian journalists) about changes to supply management being the price of success. Canadians should not forget that these threats emanate from a representative of an administration with farm subsidies so large on a host of agricultural commodities that they dwarf those of every nation on Earth.
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If authority is granted without hooks, Canada will have to decide whether the “get” from the overall negotiations exceeds the “give,” and whether the pain of a gradual unwinding of supply management is a price worth paying in the run-up to an election. Consumers certainly stand to benefit as would Canadian food processors but supply management has long been a third rail (sacred cow!) of sorts for all political parties.
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe...ticle24002129/
Canada Supply Management System under fire in TPP Negotiations
