{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://valadao.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=956", "Congressman Valadao Statement on USMCA Dispute Panel\u2019s Failure to Enforce USMCA", "2023-11-27", "2023", "2023-11", "Republican", "House", "CA", "David G. Valadao", "V000129", "valadao.house.gov", "valadao", "https://valadao.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-22) released the following statement denouncing the recent ruling by a U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) dispute panel which allows Canadian restrictions on U.S. dairy farmer\u2019s market access to continue. This follows the ongoing efforts of Rep. Valadao and his colleagues to ensure fair treatment of the U.S. dairy industry.\n\n\u201cIt is unacceptable that Canada is not being held accountable for its failure to meet its obligations to the U.S. dairy industry under the USMCA,\u201d said Congressman Valadao. \u201cOur trade agreements only work if they are enforced, and we must use every tool at our disposal to ensure Canada holds up their end of the deal. I will continue working to protect fair market access for dairy farmers and manufacturers here in the Central Valley.\u201d\n\nAn earlier dispute panel ruled in January 2022 that Canada was in breach of its obligations to the U.S. dairy industry. Following that ruling, Canada made changes to its dairy tariff rate quota (TRQ) system which essentially preserved the status quo and failed to make meaningful reforms. To address this, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai initiated a second USMCA Dispute Panel to challenge the changes Canada instituted. On Friday November 24th, the panel ruled that Canada was not obligated to make further changes to their TRQ system.\n\nCongressman Valadao has led several efforts to ensure the USMCA is enforced:\n\nIn May 2021, Congressman Valadao joined several colleagues to urge U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to take immediate action to enforce Canada\u2019s commitments to the U.S. dairy industry.\n\nCongressman Valadao applauded the first USMCA Panel\u2019s findings that Canada was in breach of its obligations to the U.S. dairy industry.\n\nIn April 2022, Congressman Valadao and his colleagues sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Tai and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack requesting they reject Canada\u2019s proposed changes and insist on deeper reforms to Canada\u2019s TRQ system.\n\nCongressman Valadao applauded the initiation of the second USMCA Dispute Panel\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:01:09Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://valadao.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=956"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.954020768404007, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}