# Pete Hoekstra, United States Ambassador to Canada, on Trade, Food Security & the Future of Canada-U.S. Trade Relations

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Published: 2026-07-02T07:05:00+00:00
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## Resource

In the Season 6 regular episode finale of The Food Professor Podcast, Michael LeBlanc and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois sit down with Pete Hoekstra, United States Ambassador to Canada, for an exclusive discussion on Canada-U.S. food trade, CUSMA, supply chains and agricultural cooperation. Before the interview, they analyze the week's biggest food news, including El Niño's impact on crops, CFIA food fraud enforcement report, dairy protein shortages, the Grocery Code's first report, Metro's labour dispute and fun potato chip finds.

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