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‘$600 million opportunity’ awaits cattle sector

March 25, 2016 | Videos

“What will happen on day one of CETA, with respect to that quota, Canadian beef gets in at zero percent, duty free, whereas U.S. beef under the same quota continues to be 20 percent,” said John Masswohl, director of government and international relations for the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association.

“So that’s 11,500 tonnes of new duty free access that we don’t have now.”