The Trans-Pacific Partnership, an 11-member deal being brokered between Canada and 10 countries in the Asia-Pacific region, was due to be finalized last month. The deal has since been thrown into turmoil after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not show up at the meeting to sign the deal.
For Ontario’s pork, beef, and grain industries, TPP meant access to new export markets and opportunities for growth. All three endorsed the TPP. Canada’s dairy sector did not, arguing that market access concessions promised in the original deal needed to be “recalibrated,” since the U.S. had left.
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