Jim Peterson
Jim Peterson
James Scott "Jim" Peterson, PCis a retired Canadian politician and former Minister of International Trade...
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Panel after panel has found that Canadian softwood lumber is not subsidized, ... The United States claims that it has complied with NAFTA. In fact, the United States will only have complied with NAFTA when it stops collecting the duties and refunds the deposits.
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It is only an interim decision. We are examining it very carefully. We were disappointed, of course, we would have liked to have won. But over all, our thrust remains, the U.S. has to live up to the NAFTA.
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We have sorely neglected our trade relationships over the years with the new and emerging markets - the Chinas and Indias,
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We must keep our eye on the ball; the NAFTA must be respected. Here is a prime opportunity for the U.S. to recommit to the treaty it signed, plain and simple.
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Manager turnover is not necessarily bad. Maybe a manager is leaving and there's a perfectly adequate team in place, or the new manager has been groomed.
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My persistent message is that Canada is the bridge to the world's richest market.
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We've come a long way from the charcoal grill by including gas ranges, sinks, faucets and countertop prep areas along with pizza ovens, fireplaces and even concrete seating. Long gone are the days of drab, grey concrete. Through methods of stamping or staining, there are hundreds of color choices, patterns and designs that can be used to create any shape you can imagine.
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We have been looking for an upward move in large-cap growth, and we started to see that in the last three months. In the last five years, value stocks have trounced growth stocks, and it is time for that trend to change.
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We are not getting our fair share of Chinese trade and we want more of it,
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We are naturally disappointed. . .We would have liked to have won, but overall our thrust remains: the U.S. has to live up to NAFTA,
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We're going to examine this decision very carefully. My message is very simple: We want the U.S. to live up to and respect the Nafta.
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We would welcome the decision to repeal the Byrd amendment. But we strongly maintain that the Byrd amendment should be eliminated immediately. The WTO ruling was clear.
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We stand ready to vigorously defend the NAFTA and we will take all steps open to us to ensure it is respected.
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I'd like to see it keep going, but it's just not there. We're getting less and less people in there and the overhead keeps going up. I don't know what else to do.