Canada and the ten remaining members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership have vowed to sign on to a trade agreement without the US. The deal leaves Canadian unionists, farmers and businessmen widely divided on the meaning of such trade. The heads of unions and auto manufacturing condemned the idea and predicted Canadian-made cars would soon be full of foreign-made parts. Dairy farmers were equally upset. But Canadian Cattlemen and the Chamber of Commerce applauded the prospect. The TPP is made up of Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Maylasia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam .
WYNNE EXPRESSES CONCERN
Ontario’s premier says the revised Trans-Pacific Partnership must not come at the expense of key Ontario sectors, including the auto industry. Kathleen Wynne says while freer trade and diversification is a good thing, she has heard concerns from many in the automotive sector over the course of TPP negotiations. Wynne says she will continue to stand up for those Ontario jobs and for all of the province’s workers and businesses.
