iPolitics By Kelsey Johnson. Published on Dec 10, 2020 12:00pm U.S. President Donald Trump, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the USMCA signing ceremony on Nov. 30, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Official White House Photo/ Shealah Craighead
The Lead
We start with a dairy trade update. The United States formally challenged Canadian dairy quotas on Wednesday – the first enforcement action under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) since the deal took effect in July. As the Canadian Press reports, U.S. officials argue the tariff rate quotas Canada uses to determine the amount of products like milk, cheese, and ice cream that can be imported into the country unfairly limit American dairy producers abilities to export.