Canadian Cattle Association calls for end to temporary U.K. trade deal

The Canadian Cattle Association has released a new salvo in a long-running trade dispute with the United Kingdom. In an Oct. 23 news release, the association called for the federal government to begin the termination of the Canada-U.K. Continuity Agreement — a temporary trade agreement set up in the wake of Brexit — due to that country’s alleged failure to abide by its terms. Why it matters: Mismatches between Canadian and European regulations have seen the same market access issues rise repeatedly across recent trade deals, from CETA to Canada’s bilateral deal with the U.K., to the U.K.’s pitch to join the CPTPP. In this case, that means the U.K.’s ongoing refusal to import Canadian beef on the grounds of industry use of growth hormone and an anti-microbial used on meat carcasses. The CCA calls this action a non-tariff trade barrier. The continuity agreement was intended to preserve the main benefits of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) ...