WASHINGTON – United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai today released the following statement recognizing Canada’s actions to defend workers and key industries from unfair trade practices by the People’s Republic of China (PRC):
“I applaud Canada’s decision to take strong action against the PRC’s state-directed, unfair, and anti-competitive non-market policies and practices, which threaten the existence of our market-oriented industries. Canada’s actions are an important step towards ensuring workers and businesses can compete fairly in the electric vehicle, steel, and aluminum industries.
“We share Canada’s concerns over the PRC’s unfair, non-market policies and practices and its failure to uphold labor rights, enforce environmental protections, and promote fair, market-oriented competition.
“I look forward to working with Minister Mary Ng as the United States and Canada continue, on the basis of our shared values as market democracies, to promote North American jobs, investment and prosperity, and to defend our workers from the unfair, non-market actions.”
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