President Joe Biden’s administration is launching the first trade dispute under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, accusing Canada of breaking a deal to partly open its protectionist dairy market to U.S. imports. U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced that Washington will sue Ottawa under USMCA, demanding a binational trade panel to resolve the dispute. …The move is… another reminder that, despite Mr. Biden’s promise to mend fences with U.S. allies, irritants remain. …The battle comes mere days after the Biden administration jacked up punitive duties on softwood lumber imports from Canada. Mr. Biden has also refused… to give Canada an exemption from his tougher proposed Buy American rules. …The dairy fight will also be the first test of the USMCA’s dispute resolution system, which was strengthened at Canada’s insistence. [We respect the copyrights of the source publication – full access may require a subscription]