WASHINGTON – United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai met yesterday with Canada’s Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade, and Economic Development, Mary Ng.
Ambassador Tai and Minister Ng reviewed the ongoing cooperation under the USMCA and reaffirmed the importance of the close U.S.-Canada relationship. Ambassador Tai welcomed Canada’s recent announcement concerning electric vehicles, steel, and aluminum. The two ministers also discussed their shared commitment to strengthening North American supply chain resilience, especially for electric vehicles, and stressed the importance of collaboration on issues related to non-market policies and practices of other countries.
Ambassador Tai reiterated the United States’ strong concerns with Canada’s unilateral digital service tax and longstanding dissatisfaction with Canada’s dairy tariff rate quota allocation measures. The ministers also discussed trade in softwood lumber products.
The two Ministers agreed to continue to collaborate on addressing these issues and other shared priorities.
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