Talking Points

Published August 4, 2004

WTO Whacks Wheat Board

The future of the Canadian Wheat Board and supply management is still not clear, but Canada welcomed a WTO framework that put the Doha negotiations back on track. International Trade Minister Jim Peterson and Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Andy Mitchell participated in five-days of negotiations in Geneva, which led to an eleventh-hour pact among 147 member nations. The road map...