CANADA METAL ASSOCIATION WANTS TPP PRESERVED, DESPITE TRUMP PROMISE TO QUIT DEAL

A senior Canada metal industry association has called on its government to continue ratifying the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), despite US President-elect Donald Trump’s commitment to withdraw the US from the trade deal on his first day of office. “We definitely still support Canada moving forward with the TPP, even without the US. The agreement would still contain protections and tariff reductions for Canadian-produced metals and minerals, and with a lot of Canadian metals and minerals companies currently exploring the Asia Pacific region, there’s ...


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