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'Buy American' Driving a Truck Through NAFTA’s Loopholes
By Barrie McKenna, The Globe and Mail Jun 04, 2014
Buy American is back with a vengeance.
And that’s not good for Canada.
The U.S. Congress recently slapped so-called Buy American restrictions on billions of dollars’ worth of water and sewer projects.
Now, the Obama administration is pushing a bill that would require 100-per-cent U.S. content in all federally funded transit projects, including subway cars, buses and high-speed trains.
“With U.S. elections coming up, Buy American is getting a lot of political traction these days,” acknowledged Martin Lavoie, director of policy at Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters. “It’s very disturbing.”
The unfortunate reality is that the North American free-trade agreement did not create a true free-trade zone. It enshrined existing protectionist barriers, and left some gaping loopholes.
Neither NAFTA nor World Trade Organization rules prohibit restrictions on purchases by provinces, states and municipalities – even if the source of the funds is the federal government, pointed out Birgit Matthiesen, director of Canada-U.S. cross-border business affairs at law firm Arent Fox in Washington. Most of the U.S. federal money for water and transit projects is ultimately spent by local governments, she said.
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