But someone else is also utterly obsessed with Canadian dairy. Donald Trump. What does Trump want…and why?

And if Carney caved on the NATO budget, and on the Digital Services tax – Is he going to cave on Trumps demands on dairy too? 

Host: Sam Konnert

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Max Collins (Director of Audio) Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)

Guests: Jason Erskine, Bruce Muirhead, Ryan Cardwell

Background reading:

• New supply management law won’t save the system from Trump, experts say – CBC News
• Dairy supply management could sour Canada-US trade talks – Reuters
• The dairy industry’s outsized political influence, explained in charts – The Globe and Mail
• Canada and New Zealand resolve dairy trade dispute, Canada says – Yahoo News

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