MPs say they received Congressional assurances against American protectionist measures

'We did receive some assurances, certainly from the Republicans and even from some of the Democrats, that is more rhetoric and language than anything else,' says Liberal MP John McKay.

American protectionist policies have been on the Canada-U.S. agenda since Biden took office as president in 2021. International Trade Minister Mary Ng, right, and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai speak to reporters in Ottawa in May 2022.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

February 15, 2023

As United States President Joe Biden extolled his administration’s Buy American initiatives with increasingly hardline rhetoric, MPs say they received assurances that the protectionist policies won’t harm Canada.

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