Byron Dorgan: “I will describe this amendment very briefly. It deals with the wheat trade dispute we have had with Canada. Wheat…”

“I will describe this amendment very briefly. It deals with the wheat trade dispute we have had with Canada. Wheat growers in my State, on behalf of wheat growers all around our country, brought a Section 301 case alleging unfair wheat trade by Canada. Following an investigation by the International Trade Commission, the U.S. Trade Ambassador's office came to the following conclusion, and I quote: The [Canadian Wheat Board] has taken sales from U.S. farmers and is able to do so because it is insulated from commercial risks, benefits from subsidies, has a protected domestic market and special privileges, and has competitive advantages due to its monopoly control over a guaranteed supply of wheat. The wheat trade problem is long-standing and affects the entire U.S. wheat industry. That is from the U.S. Trade Ambassador's office. When the U.S. Trade Ambassador decided that our farmers were victims of unfair trade from Canada, his office said they were committed to four trade remedies, but they would explicitly not impose tariff rate quotas as a penalty on the Canadians.”