We have become accustomed to President Trump’s falsehoods, but some may attribute his inaccuracies to his age and forgetfulness. One such instance is the dairy agreement he supposedly made with Canada during his last term in office.
Let us clarify the misinformation surrounding the dairy issue. Here are the facts: President Trump has claimed that Canada imposes tariffs exceeding 200% on dairy products imported from the US. However, he conveniently fails to mention a crucial detail.
These high tariffs only apply after the US surpasses a specific quantity of tariff-free dairy sales negotiated by (in his first term) Trump each year. The US dairy industry itself acknowledges that the US has not reached its allowed zero-tariff maximum in any dairy product category, including milk!
Furthermore, President Trump falsely asserted that Canadian dairy tariffs increased under President Biden’s administration. In reality, official Canadian documents and industry groups on both sides of the border confirm that Canada did not raise its dairy tariffs under President Biden. The tariffs Trump criticized were actually maintained by the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), a trade deal negotiated and signed by Trump in 2018.
The US Department of Agriculture website notes that under the previous North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), almost all US agricultural exports to Canada faced no tariffs or quotas. The USMCA preserved this zero-tariff, zero-quota trade while providing greater US access to select Canadian markets governed by supply management.
Canada is the second-largest export market for US dairy products, with approximately $1.1 billion in sales in 2024. Trump seems to forget or maybe it’s just he can’t remember?
Blue Press Journal 
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