Canada's dairy sector will receive help to adjust to increased competition from the new European cheese imports expected under the terms of the Canada-European Union trade deal signed last weekend. But don't call it compensation: the Liberals have something else in mind. Senior government officials from Global Affairs Canada gave a technical briefing to reporters on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, also known as CETA. Asked about compensation promised for the dairy sector, an official said that the federal government was working on "a package of transition assistance to position both processors and producers to be better able to compete with imports from the EU."
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