Cattlemen look to benefit from new CPTPP trade agreement

A comprehensive new trade agreement could open some big doors for Canadian cattlemen.
The Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) was signed by 11 countries in Santiago, Chile on March 8, and has cattlemen across the country lobbying for quick action by the federal government.
“We’d like to see it ratified before summer and to be one of the first six countries to put that in place so we get the benefits as fast as possible,” says Ryder Lee, CEO of the Sa