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The US says Canada has made no concessions on the matter of dairy access as talks grind on towards Friday’s deadline to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. In a written statement, the US says the talks with Canada continue but “there have been no concessions by Canada on agriculture.” Information leaking out of the talks suggest that both the long-standing issue of the dispute mechanism, Chapter 19, and Canada’s highly-protected dairy industry, are stalling an agreement.
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