'A lousy bargain': Auto industry skeptical of Canadian 'side letter' trade bargain by Japanese market

Auto workers & industrialists are rejecting assertions by Canada's trade minister that the province won great access for them into the highly prevented Japanese market in the soon rebooted Trans-Pacific copartnership. They said side licences aren't enforceable unless they are portion of an actual trade licence. "We were enable to of achieve something that has never been achieved before, that is the largest market access for Canadian auto industrialists in Japan, removing non-tariff trade barriers by respect to security levels," Champagne said. Jerry Dias, the president of Unifor, the union representing auto workers, said the letter totes no weigh because it isn't portion of the licence. "Side letters are political licences to bargain by an issue that was also difficult to find an enforceable, termed licence on," he added.

Canadian auto industry skeptical of appeals about access to Japanese market by Fresh TPP

Auto workers & industrialists are rejecting assertions by Canada's trade minister that the province won great access for them into the highly prevented Japanese market in the soon rebooted Trans-Pacific copartnership. Story continues below advertisementThat's not possible, tell representatives from the auto workers union & 2 trade associations representing Canadian automobile industrialists. They said side licences aren't enforceable unless they are portion of an actual trade licence. "We were enable to of achieve something that has never been achieved before, that is the largest market access for Canadian auto industrialists in Japan, removing non-tariff trade barriers by respect to security levels," Champagne said. Mark Nantais, the president of the Canadian car industrialists' Association, said side letters aren't binding & can be "subjectively" interpreted by Japanese regulators.

Auto industry skeptical of Canadian TPP side bargain on autos by Japan

referring to Jerry Dias, the president of Unifor, the union representing autoworkers, said the letter totes no weigh because it isn't portion of the licence. Mark Nantais, the president of the Canadian car industrialists' Association, said side letters aren't binding & can be "subjectively" interpreted by Japanese regulators. He said companies would be forced to move produce through North US to cheaper offshore locations because the higher NAFTA content rules going to be also difficulty to meet. Champagne's spokesperson, Joe Pickerill, said the side letter by Japan would be made public & which it is subject to international law. He said the letter going to give Japan & Canada the means to settle disputes in a "meaningful method."

Auto industry skeptical of Canadian TPP side bargain on cars by Japan

They said side licences aren't enforceable unless they are portion of an actual trade licence. READ further: Trudeau Gov. criticized for lack of transparency over TPP trade dealThe text of the Fresh TPP hasn't been launched & Champagne's office tells the side letter by Japan isn't availiable to be launched yet however going to be. Champagne promised to release the letter during his upbeat Senate testimony on Wednesday in that he heralded the bargain by Japan on autos as a breakthrough. "We were enable to of achieve something that has never been achieved before, that is the largest market access for Canadian auto industrialists in Japan, removing non-tariff trade barriers by respect to security levels," Champagne said. "Side letters are political licences to bargain by an issue that was also difficult to find an enforceable, termed licence on," he added.

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