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RSS FeedsDoug Ford heads to Washington to talk trade amid NAFTA negotiations
(The Star Food)

 
 

18 september 2018 00:32:08

 
Doug Ford heads to Washington to talk trade amid NAFTA negotiations
(The Star Food)
 


Premier Doug Ford is heading to Washington on Wednesday to talk trade.He and Economic Development and Trade Minister Jim Wilson will meet with negotiators to get an update on discussions to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement, as a Sept. 30 deadline looms.“I’ll be accompanying the premier to Washington to talk to our negotiating team — Canada’s negotiating team first-hand and Ontario’s people that are there, meet with (David MacNaughton) Canadian ambassador to the U.S., and have a face-to-face,” Wilson told reporters Monday at Queen’s Park. “We haven’t done that; we are usually over the phone and we think it’s time that we went down there and once again stand up for Ontario workers, Ontario jobs — protect the jobs that we have and grow jobs in the future.” To date, NAFTA negotiations have been rocky, with key areas of disagreement remaining, in particular on access to Canada’s dairy and cultural markets, as well as how to resolve trade disputes.The trip will take Ford and Wilson away from the province at a time when the government has been focused on its fight to cut Toronto city council.“We’re serious about helping the feds as best we can,” said Wilson, the MPP for Simcoe-Grey, warning that “a million jobs overnight would be lost if we lost NAFTA. Nine million jobs in the States if you consider retaliatory tariffs that might go in.”Read more: Trudeau sets out fall priorities including finalizing the Trans-Pacific trade deal as NAFTA talks continue Plenty of players and cards still on table in NAFTA gameOpinion | Is Canada’s ‘dairy cartel’ really milking the system?NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said, “Everybody is really quite concerned about what’s happening with NAFTA … I agree that the best thing to do is to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the federal government, and I hope that’s what’s happenin ...


 
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