Monday, February 4, 2019

The Trump administration has worked closely with the dairy lobby, allowing the drinks’ reintroduction despite opposition

The US Department of Agriculture secretary, Sonny Perdue, raised a glass of chocolate milk to dairy lobbyists in an unannounced visit to their board of directors’ meeting in October, as the group celebrated a recent trade win.

The Trump administration’s North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) negotiations gave American dairy farmers more access to the Canadian market, allowing them to export an addition 50,000 metric tons of milk northward.

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from US news | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2SbSoOP

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