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jpadkins • today at 4:44 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Then why did Canadian politicians tax milk products at > 200%? https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/2024...

(starting long before the current trade war)

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bigyabai • today at 5:22 PM

It's a surplus tax, and one that apparently doesn't exist for the majority of dairy imports: https://archive.is/kKsYc

  that tariff would only apply if we were able to reach and exceed the quota on U.S. dairy exports agreed to under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). 

  [...] the U.S. has never gotten close to exceeding our USMCA quotas
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