“With a July 1 deadline to review the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) around the corner, new U.S. tariffs are set to take effect next week, this time on Canadian mushrooms.
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“Forty per cent of the mushrooms in Canada are shipped to the U.S., and so what’s going to happen is as tariffs increase going to the U.S., there might be more mushrooms in Canada and then it would flood our market,” said Medeiros.
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A fact sheet released this week by the U.S. Department of Commerce showed Canadian mushrooms will face new tariffs of up to five per cent, citing unfair government supports.
“They’re the same in the U.S. as they are in Canada,” said Ryan Koeslag, the executive vice-president of the Canadian Mushroom Growers’ Association, in an interview with CTV News.
“We’ve always been operating under the rules and regulations of fair trade between Canada and the U.S., and so the reason they identified this, I think, is they haven’t been able to find anything else.”
Known as countervailing duties, the same measures used to tariff Canadian softwood lumber, the tariffs are imposed on imports the U.S. deems are being unfairly subsidized.
But Canadian mushroom farms are just the latest example of a clear signal being sent by the Trump administration, targeting Canada’s agricultural sector.
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“Once we start cutting back production, we would definitely have to look at cutting back staff to keep payroll in check,” added Medeiros.
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Woodworking-noob on
Sweet, it’s like $5 for a 300g pint of mushrooms. I’d have them with every meal if they were cheaper
Soggy_Definition_232 on
This is great news! Food prices on mushrooms in Canada are about to plummet because of the oversupply right?
….Right?
Surely they wouldn’t intentionally keep prices high and just throw the extra supply away.
They wouldn’t do what the dairy cartel does….
SkinnedIt on
Oh no! What are we gonna do with all these mushrooms?
Maybe the US should do us a favour and tariff our beef too.
True_Dog_4098 on
Grown in the USA is not something I would buy.
Strict_Common6871 on
They can find new markets for their mushrooms, Malaysia for example, we just signed an MOU with them.
Nitramite on
Just learned a new method of pan cooking em with water on tiktok and they were great.. I bought only because it was 2/4$. Go ahead, flood us, we will take all the fruits, vegetables, mushrooms you can give. We’re literally in a grocery price crisis, we’ll take more food.
alice2wonderland on
U.S. tariffs set to be imposed on Canadian mushrooms could take a toll on Canadian business because of reduced sales. This is not comparable to the dairy products. US dairy farmers use a synthetic hormone called Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin (rBST), also known as Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH), to increase milk production in dairy cows. By contrast, Canada, the UK and the EU doesn’t allow this. There’s a fundamental food safety difference.
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“With a July 1 deadline to review the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) around the corner, new U.S. tariffs are set to take effect next week, this time on Canadian mushrooms.
…
“Forty per cent of the mushrooms in Canada are shipped to the U.S., and so what’s going to happen is as tariffs increase going to the U.S., there might be more mushrooms in Canada and then it would flood our market,” said Medeiros.
…
A fact sheet released this week by the U.S. Department of Commerce showed Canadian mushrooms will face new tariffs of up to five per cent, citing unfair government supports.
“They’re the same in the U.S. as they are in Canada,” said Ryan Koeslag, the executive vice-president of the Canadian Mushroom Growers’ Association, in an interview with CTV News.
“We’ve always been operating under the rules and regulations of fair trade between Canada and the U.S., and so the reason they identified this, I think, is they haven’t been able to find anything else.”
Known as countervailing duties, the same measures used to tariff Canadian softwood lumber, the tariffs are imposed on imports the U.S. deems are being unfairly subsidized.
But Canadian mushroom farms are just the latest example of a clear signal being sent by the Trump administration, targeting Canada’s agricultural sector.
…
“Once we start cutting back production, we would definitely have to look at cutting back staff to keep payroll in check,” added Medeiros.
…”
Sweet, it’s like $5 for a 300g pint of mushrooms. I’d have them with every meal if they were cheaper
This is great news! Food prices on mushrooms in Canada are about to plummet because of the oversupply right?
….Right?
Surely they wouldn’t intentionally keep prices high and just throw the extra supply away.
They wouldn’t do what the dairy cartel does….
Oh no! What are we gonna do with all these mushrooms?
Maybe the US should do us a favour and tariff our beef too.
Grown in the USA is not something I would buy.
They can find new markets for their mushrooms, Malaysia for example, we just signed an MOU with them.
Just learned a new method of pan cooking em with water on tiktok and they were great.. I bought only because it was 2/4$. Go ahead, flood us, we will take all the fruits, vegetables, mushrooms you can give. We’re literally in a grocery price crisis, we’ll take more food.
U.S. tariffs set to be imposed on Canadian mushrooms could take a toll on Canadian business because of reduced sales. This is not comparable to the dairy products. US dairy farmers use a synthetic hormone called Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin (rBST), also known as Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH), to increase milk production in dairy cows. By contrast, Canada, the UK and the EU doesn’t allow this. There’s a fundamental food safety difference.