The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday edition that Ottawa is
conducting a lobbying blitz of
politicians in key U.S. states to
help persuade the Trump administration
to spare Canada
from potential protectionist trade measures.
The Globe's Steven Chase, Adrian Morrow and Greg Keenan write that at least one dozen cabinet
ministers are travelling across
the United States this spring in
an effort likened to a political campaign,
trying to remind lawmakers and U.S. media
of how crucial trade with Canada
is to their economic well-being.
Canadian premiers are
joining the effort.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's
government has selected
11 states in particular that will
be the focus of this outreach.
They include the most populous
states: New York, California, Florida and Texas.
The Trump administration has already
signalled in a letter to Congress
that it wants across-the-board
changes that would tilt the rules
of cross-border commerce more
clearly in favour of U.S. business.
The outreach by such cabinet
members as Finance Minister
Bill Morneau, Foreign Affairs
Minister Chrystia Freeland and
Natural Resources Minister Jim
Carr is scheduled to continue
until the second week of June.
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