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12. You're right, "subsidy" was a very simplistic way to put it

Reply to Monk06 (Reply #10)

Tue Jul 14, 2015, 03:37 AM

Jul 2015

And Canada's system makes more sense than ours (you guys subsidize the farmer rather than the crop, roughly). But I imagine soy in particular will be losing some US support if TPP goes through.

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U.S. weighs completing TPP without Canada: sources [View all] Recursion Jul 2015 OP

Delay the TPP as long as possible. London Lover Man Jul 2015 #1

Going back to the drawing table is our best option at this point Betty Karlson Jul 2015 #2

+1 Populist_Prole Jul 2015 #3

It must be a real piece of shit if Harper is dragging his feet on it. It could only mean water and Monk06 Jul 2015 #4

It's about Canadian subsidies to dairy farmers (nt) Recursion Jul 2015 #5

I can't be that, compared to oil and water the dairy market is nothing. Got some info? Monk06 Jul 2015 #7

It's in the article. The US wants Canada to decrease subsidies to Canadian dairy farmers Recursion Jul 2015 #8

The dairy industry isn't subsidized it's price protected with a set floor price to protect producers Monk06 Jul 2015 #9

TPP is, in part, about destroying small-time agricultural producers Art_from_Ark Jul 2015 #11

We're both right if you take restricting out put to keep agricultural prices high as a form of Monk06 Jul 2015 #10

You're right, "subsidy" was a very simplistic way to put it Recursion Jul 2015 #12

TPP, the class project from hell ucrdem Jul 2015 #6