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Standing at Cayuga Milk Ingredients, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer today called on U.S. trade officials to make it a priority to secure a level playing field with Canadian dairy producers during the renegotiation of the North American Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Schumer said that in recent years, Canada has established dairy pricing policies and has maintained high tariffs that have effectively created a “Dairy Wall” stopping certain American dairy products from accessing Canadian markets and distorting global trade. Dairy farmers and producers, like Cayuga Milk Ingredients (CMI), have been severely hurt by Canada’s manipulative trade practices and it will only get worse without action. CMI, a cooperative of 30 local dairy farmers with over 70 employees, has already lost tens of millions of dollars in contracts due to Canada’s actions. Schumer said that the time to secure a level playing field with Canada – by expanding market opportunities and eliminating Canada’s unfair pricing policies – is now and the U.S. cannot let this opportunity go to waste.