U.S. Urges Canada to Open Dairy, Liquor Markets and Ease Streaming Rules

With US-Canada trade talks still stalled, American officials led by US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer have outlined their clearest demands yet for preserving free trade between the two countries, Nadine Yousif reported for BBC News.

Both Canada and Mexico want the trade pact extended, although Trump has suggested the US could withdraw from it

The demands include further opening Canada’s dairy market to US farmers and overhauling an online streaming law that Washington says “discriminates” against American technology and media companies.

The US also wants Canadian provinces to lift bans on selling American liquor, which were imposed earlier this year in response to sweeping tariffs introduced by President Donald Trump.

Greer laid out the demands during testimony before a congressional committee on Wednesday as part of a broader review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

Both Canada and Mexico want the trade pact extended, although Trump has suggested the US could withdraw from it.

Greer told lawmakers the USMCA has been “successful to a certain degree,” but said changes would be necessary for the agreement to continue.