Parliamentary Secretary Goldsmith-Jones to promote Canada-United States trade in visit to Washington, D.C.
Ottawa, Ontario – The Voice of Canada News
Canada and the United States benefit from the most successful bilateral economic partnership in history. Canada is the number one market for most U.S. states, while the United States is by far Canada’s largest export market. The Government of Canada is working to strengthen this relationship and foster greater opportunities for workers and businesses on both sides of the border.
As part of these efforts, Pamela Goldsmith-Jones, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade, will visit Washington, D.C. on July 17 to 18, 2018, to meet with legislators, and business and labour leaders.
Parliamentary Secretary Goldsmith-Jones will speak with Democratic and Republican members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. PS Goldsmith-Jones will meet with U.S. union representatives to discuss shared concerns about U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs. Meetings are also planned with women business leaders and other under-represented groups in trade.
Parliamentary Secretary Goldsmith-Jones will also meet with business executives from Cvent and Mars inc., where she will discuss investment expansion opportunities in Canada.
Quotes
“We should be focused on how we harness North America’s greatest strengths, becoming more competitive and selling to the world. That’s the message I will bring to Capitol Hill and to our U.S. friends in Washington.”
– Pamela Goldsmith-Jones, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade
“Canada and the United States are the closest neighbours and strongest allies. We will continue the hard work of modernizing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in a way that serves the best interests of Canadians and benefits all three countries. The Government of Canada is committed to achieving this outcome.”
– The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of International Trade
Quick facts
- NAFTA represents the biggest and most comprehensive economic region in the world with a regional market of 480 million consumers and a combined GDP of US$21 trillion.
- Canada and the United States share the world’s longest secure border, over which approximately 400,000 people, and goods and services worth CAD$2.5 billion, cross daily.
- Canada and the United States share one of the largest trading relationships in the world. Canada is the largest market for the United States, with US$283 billion worth of goods exported to Canada in 2017—more than China, Japan and the United Kingdom combined.
- Millions of good middle-class jobs on both sides of the border depend on our partnership. In the United States alone, nearly 9 million jobs are linked to Canadian trade and investment.
Canada and the United States share values and interests on a range of international issues, including human rights, democracy, development, defence, nuclear non-proliferation and counterterrorism.
