Canada-Pork for India and Hong Kong.

CANADA.

PORK EXPORTS.

The federal government has announced the creation of a new working group, to promote expanded trade in pork after signing new trade deals with India and Hong Kong.

Speaking to reporters, following his just completed trade missions to India and Hong Kong, federal agriculture minister Gerry Ritz, announced a series of trade agreements with both countries including a comprehensive memorandum of understanding with India covering a variety of products, expected to provide a framework to expand exports to India and resolve trade irritants quickly.

The creation of a pork industry working group comes in response to India’s approval of the import meat from Canada