The Western Producer: More cash needed for trade offices: farm group
Canadian politicians like to say that “we” need to diversify trade away from the United States and “we” should export more products to Southeast Asia.
That sort of language doesn’t impress Ryan Cardwell.
Governments don’t trade with other nations, says the University of Manitoba agricultural economist. An individual business in Calgary or Vancouver sells products to customers in other countries, not the federal government in Ottawa.