Mr Thomas J Gibson president & CEO of American Iron & Steel Institute has issued the following statement regarding the United States Trade Representative's announcement that Canada has been invited to join the TPP negotiations.

Mr Gibson said that "Today's announcement that Canada has been invited to participate in the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations is the perfect follow up to yesterday's invitation to Mexico to join the TPP talks. As we noted yesterday, North American steel producers have many shared concerns with respect to trade issues in the Asia-Pacific region, including in particular the trade distorting behavior of Asian state owned and state-supported enterprises."

He added that "AISI has actively supported the requests of both Canada and Mexico to join the TPP negotiations. Having all three NAFTA countries participating in these talks should enhance the international competitiveness of NAFTA steel producers and North America’s manufacturing supply chain."

Source - American Iron & Steel Institute

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