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Publishing date: Feb 04, 2021 • February 4, 2021 • 1 minute read •
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A coalition of 18 labour and farming groups is asking the Biden administration to drop a trade action over dairy launched in the final days of the Trump administration, reports a CBC news team based in Washington.
They sent a letter to two people nominated to senior positions in the new administration in advance of their Senate confirmation hearings: agriculture secretary nominee Tom Vilsack, whose confirmation happened Tuesday, and to the nominee for U.S. trade representative, Katherine Tai.
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A scene from a dairy farm near Kenosha, Wis., where U.S. farmers are hoping to export more dairy products to Canada under the new NAFTA pact. (Alex Panetta/CBC)
This story is part of Watching Washington, a regular dispatch from CBC News correspondents reporting on U.S. politics and developments that affect Canadians.
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Here s something you don t often see in Washington: American groups defending Canadian dairy and urging the U.S. government to leave it alone.
A coalition of 18 labour and farming groups is asking the Biden administration to drop a trade action over dairy
A diverse set of environmental, family farm, farm policy and rural community organizations sent a letter to the White House today urging the Biden administration to issue an executive order that would enact a moratorium on mergers and acquisitions in the food and agricultural industries.
The effort, led by Food & Water Watch, is meant to highlight the crisis of consolidation across the industry. The food system in the United States is heavily concentrated across all levels of the supply chain, with negative impacts on small farmers, industry workers, and consumers alike. Corporate consolidation has been accelerating since the 1980s, but particularly since the 2008 recession. Allowing additional food and agriculture mergers to proceed will only increase this consolidation which results in decreased income for farmers and higher grocery prices for consumers.