Agricultural leaders demand delicate touch to any potential NAFTA changes
OTTAWA — Major agricultural federations are urging NAFTA’s negotiators to skip the continent’s farms and ranches if they’re looking for sectors in need of a makeover.
The demand Wednesday for a “do no harm” approach to agricultural provisions in the deal was part of a joint message from leaders representing the industries in Canada, Mexico and the United States.
They agreed if it’s not broken, don’t fix it.
“We’ve got something that’s working — don’t do something in the negotiations that’s going to undermine that,” Ron Bonnett, president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, told reporters in a joint conference call from Washington.