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CANADA. NATIONAL PRESS THEATRE

1986-0120

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1986-01-16

National Press Theatre

Press conference held by the Hon. John Wise, Minister of Agriculture; the Hon. Charles J. Mayer, Minister responsible for the Canadian Wheat Board; and John Block, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, to announce the formation of a Canada-U.S. Horticultural Advisory Group. Wise, Block and Mayer cite the $6 billion trade relationship between Canada and the United States; similarity in products; a common interest in reducing trade barriers to international trade; and the recent drop in commodity prices as reasons for an advisory body to facilitate understanding and cooperation between the two countries. Issues raised in questions from the press include: the effects of the U.S. Farm Bill passed in 1985; production quotas; beef export prices; grain export subsidy; concerns of wheat growers; reduction in dairy herds; and the poor showing by Canada's agricultural sector under the last General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade talks. <30mn>

AGRICULTURAL LAWS & LEGISLATION~AGRICULTURAL PRICES~AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES~AGRICULTURE~CANADA~INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS~INTERNATIONAL TRADE REGULATION~UNITED STATES ~BLOCK, JOHN R.~MAYER, CHARLES~WISE, JOHN

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