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It seems almost a given now that any trade deal Canada strikes with the United States will have to offer up more American access to the Canadian dairy market.

But a leader of this country’s main milk-producing lobby group said Monday his industry has given enough in previous trade deals and will not tolerate more concessions.

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As the two nations’ chief negotiators prepared to resume their talks in Washington Tuesday, dairy producers suggest this deal is a line in the sand for them.

“We’ve taken those hits for team Canada, and we are determined that there be no further concessions on dairy,” said David Wiens, vice president of the Dairy Farmers of Canada. “We have hit a wall on this where enough is enough.”

Wiens declined to say what action the organization would take if an updated NAFTA deal gave the U.S. a greater chunk of the Canadian market, but did not rule out campaigning against ratification of the agreement, or the Liberal government.