Trade talks with Canada proving 'really, really difficult,' with little progress: U.S

[Guest]

If the US wants us to give up supply management then they should stop subsidizing their dairy farms and over producing dairy products.

We could also give up all our agriculture subsidies like Agriinvest and 1/2 the crop insurance premiums, that way the US will come to their senses and we will get the deal done.

there is no 1/2 crop ins premium savings , ffs, thought you said you buy it ? it's just federal. money getting funneled into prov. coffers ? which is ok I guess ? if it was any higher premiums no one one would buy it ? bullshit like you just spouted needs to stop . people read that and actually think the govt is subsidizing our insurance .

[SASKFARMER3]

Chuck your so full of shit it’s not even funny.

Wow it’s a money maker most years for the gov.

Fun with numbers game and the winner is usually the gov.

This year most will just hit their guarantee or a little pay out.

Again wow you have no clue.

[jamesb]

This whole thing has classic Trump written all over it. He is asking for the stars and probably thinks he will walk away with the moon.
Canada and Mexico- divide and conquer. Play one country off against the other. If Canada doesn't fold sure the US is going to find them tough to deal with. IMO the US does have a beef with China as the trade imbalance is to great in China's favour. With Canada we are the US's biggest buyer of goods and sell them the most. The trade imbalance swings both ways depending upon the year. It will be interesting if the Trudeau Liberals will throw supply management under the bus to get a deal that Trump can say he won but I would have to say that auto's will be a hill the Liberals will die on. Tariffs on lumber, steel, aluminum etc hurt the US companies as bad as Canada. The midterms in the US will be interesting but I am not convinced anything will change. The so called Red states (Republican) have not been given a valid alternative yet to Trump. The Democrats are going to need to put someone out there that can appeal to rural America. Charles Schumer or Nancy Pelosi don't cut it in most of the US. There is beginning to be more anger in soybean country over the tariffs but US farmers have no alternative to put in the White house.