The Canadian Pork Council has identified Korea and Japan as key markets with which the pork industry would like to see Canada aggressively pursue bilateral free trade arrangements. Recently, a coalition of nine Canadian agricultural groups, including the Canadian Pork Council, applauded transport minister David Emerson’s aggressive approach to negotiations for bilateral trade agreements and his commitment to accelerate efforts to clinch new trade deals.
CPC President Clare Schlegel notes increasingly Canada’s competition is working at bilateral arrangements to gain preferred market access so the coalition is absolutely behind the government’s efforts in the bilateral platform as well as the multilateral front. Read More