new zealands trade minister accused canada on monday of having locked out his nations farmers in a dispute over dairy exports destined to be settled by an independent panel damien oconnor said the canadians are not living up to promises made under a 2018 transpacific free trade agreement to allow dairy products into canada this is impacting new zealand exporters who remain effectively locked out of the canadian market oconnor said in a statement the comprehensive and progressive agreement for transpacific partnership was signed in 2018 by canada new zealand and nine other countries in the asiapacific region new zealand first said in may it had beef with canadas administration of tariff rate quotas to allow dairy products to be imported with lower import taxes new zealand started dispute settlement proceedings against the canadians over lost dairy market access  worth about 40 million over two years  which did not resolve matters oconnor said new zealand has therefore made the decision to request the establishment of a panel to hear and decide the dispute he said there has been no official response from canadian representatives diplomatic officials in wellington said a response would have to come from ottawa the government in wellington wants three experts on the neutral panel to be chosen by canada and new zealand to settle the row global dairy exports contributed 1096 billion to new zealands economy in 2021 which was around 23 percent of total exports