Behind Trump's dairy rant, a cheesed-off Wisconsin and Canada's sacred cows
by Geoffrey Mohan, Los Angeles Times
Jun 12, 2018
3 minutes
President Trump's weekend rant against Canada's dairy policies has deep roots in electoral politics - namely, those of Wisconsin, a state that responded to Trump's "America First" trade rhetoric and helped him win the White House.
It was there, in April 2017, at a Snap-on tools factory, that Trump chose to unveil his "Buy American, Hire American" executive order aimed at giving domestic manufacturers preference in government contracts. And that was when Trump first blasted "some very unfair things" in Canada's dairy trade regime.
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