Minister MacAulay visits Washington, D.C. to strengthen ties with Canada's most important partner

In this episode of BC Food News, Jennifer English discusses the recent visit of Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Lawrence MacAulay, to Washington D.C. MacAulay had a series of meetings with key stakeholders highlighting the importance of the agricultural trade link between Canada and the U.S. He emphasized the massive exchange of agricultural products that occurs daily between the two countries and highlighted the detrimental effects possible tariffs could impose. MacAulay reiterated Canada's commitment to being a reliable trading partner and emphasized the integrated nature of the supply chains in meetings with Senate and House Committee representatives involved in Agriculture. The significance of this partnership was underlined further as evidence of its scale, including the employing of nearly 900,000 workers by Canadian companies in the U.S., was presented. https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4372315-1&h=719036281&u=https%3A%2F%2Fagriculture.canada.ca%2Fen%2Finternational-trade%2Fmarket-intelligence%2Fus-and-mexico%2Fcanada-united-states-bilateral-trade&a=Canada-United+States+Bilateral+Tradehttps://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4372315-1&h=1354981335&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.international.gc.ca%2Ftrade-commerce%2Ftrade-agreements-accords-commerciaux%2Fagr-acc%2Fcusma-aceum%2Findex.aspx%3Flang%3Deng&a=CUSMAhttps://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4372315-1&h=3316698786&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FCanadianAgriculture&a=FacebookPOST datahttps://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4372315-1&h=1325650386&u=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2FAAFC_Canada&a=X%2Chttps://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4372315-1&h=3691218771&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fuser%2FAgricultureCanadaEng&a=YouTubehttps://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4372315-1&h=2846754533&u=https%3A%2F%2Finstagram.com%2Fcdn_agriculture&a=Instagramhttps://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4372315-1&h=3058219439&u=https%3A%2F%2Fagriculture.canada.ca%2Fen&a=Agriculture+and+Agri-Food+Canadahttps://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4372315-1&h=3827500588&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2F1574%2Fadmin%2F&a=LinkedInannie.cullinan@[email protected]