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Klobuchar briefed by USTR on Mexico, Canada disputes

A leader in the Senate Agriculture Committee expects the U.S. to win two disputes involving the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement.

Minnesota’s Amy Klobuchar is the number two Democrat behind outgoing chair Debbie Stabenow and says she recently hosted U.S. Trade Ambassador Katherine Tai during a visit to the Minnesota State Fair and was briefed on the fight over Mexico’s biotech corn ban.

“We have enough market forces going against us and we have to get it done, and also just the worldwide implications of this. That they’re making up that it’s unsafe, and we don’t want that to catch on. So I feel good about our chances.”

She tells Brownfield another issue under USMCA is the dairy dispute with Canada.

“This is about being able to directly access the market for dairy producers in America, and that is also an ongoing dispute before the USMCA.”

Klobuchar says Tai also talked about Asian markets and the potential to expand U.S. ag exports in those countries.