Jim Peterson
Jim Peterson
James Scott "Jim" Peterson, PCis a retired Canadian politician and former Minister of International Trade...
decision examine message respect
We're going to examine this decision very carefully. My message is very simple: We want the U.S. to live up to and respect the Nafta.
amendment decision eliminated maintain repeal ruling strongly welcome
We would welcome the decision to repeal the Byrd amendment. But we strongly maintain that the Byrd amendment should be eliminated immediately. The WTO ruling was clear.
interested primarily
We were primarily interested in getting something pretty.
anybody heard talked
I've talked to some old-timers. Nobody's ever heard of anybody doing that before.
training utah
The story of the training in Utah is just not well-known.
country political
Very often (data disparities start) on political boundaries, where one country had better surveying than the other,
agreement america beyond goes improve north works
This new flexibility which goes well beyond the 1995 agreement will improve how the NAFTA works and it will make North America more competitive.
emerging markets neglected relationships trade
We have sorely neglected our trade relationships over the years with the new and emerging markets - the Chinas and Indias,
eye opportunity plain prime treaty
We must keep our eye on the ball; the NAFTA must be respected. Here is a prime opportunity for the U.S. to recommit to the treaty it signed, plain and simple.
adequate leaving manager maybe perfectly team
Manager turnover is not necessarily bad. Maybe a manager is leaving and there's a perfectly adequate team in place, or the new manager has been groomed.
keeps less overhead people
I'd like to see it keep going, but it's just not there. We're getting less and less people in there and the overhead keeps going up. I don't know what else to do.
factor spring wheat
Obviously, that's another factor that's going to play into spring wheat trends.
achieved challenges continue december hard including kong press remain
Significant challenges remain ... including what can be achieved in Hong Kong in December so we need to continue to press as hard as we can,
adapt changing global globally impetus industry protects rapidly rather turn
What is most frustrating about U.S. protectionism is that it protects no one, ... Rather than encouraging engagement, it allows an inefficient U.S. lumber industry to turn its back on a rapidly changing global marketplace. Protectionism removes the impetus for industry to invest, improve, adapt and be globally competitive.