Canada readies response to ‘buy American’
by Maximillian on 22/07/09 at 1:54 pm
Canada expects to present the United States with a proposal shortly,
in reaction to “buy American” rules, which would open up public
procurement more broadly to both Canadian and U.S. firms, Trade
Minister Stockwell Day said on Wednesday.
Mr. Day told U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk that Ottawa’s talks with the provinces
are in their final stages. The idea is to let firms from both sides of
the border bid on provincial, state and city contracts, and not just
federal jobs.
Meeting at an Asia-Pacific session in Singapore, Mr. Day also told Kirk that Canada was assessing the impact
of U.S. country-of-origin meat labelling rules and could move to the next stage of challenging them at the World Trade Organization.
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