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CCA Watching The NAFTA Negotiations Closely

CCA Watching The NAFTA Negotiations Closely
 
Representatives from the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association were on hand last weekend for the first round NAFTA renegotiation talks.
 
The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association is watching the discussions closely to make sure COOL doesn’t find its ways into the agreement, they also would like to move away from re-inspection at the borders to a pre-clearance approach.
 
Dennis Laycraft is the groups Executive Vice President and says that the groups are doing their best save the NAFTA agreement.
 
"Everybody is putting in a great effort to make sure first of all we salvage what is arguably the best trade deal in the world, we've got the largest two way trade between any two countries on earth, between Canada and the United States and when we are just about 10th of the population, so it’s a pretty remarkable thing."
 
Source : Discoverestevan

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