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{
"time": "2020-01-30 15:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Marwan Tabbara",
"fr": "M. Marwan Tabbara"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6032901\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her question.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6032902\" data-originallang=\"fr\">My French is not very good. I need to practise.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6032903\" data-originallang=\"en\">We are protecting 70% of our steel and aluminum. That is better than zero. We were dealing with an administration that imposed section 232 tariffs, which, as I mentioned, was on the grounds that it was in the national security of the United States and that Canada was a threat to the United States. However, they tried to impose a 50% U.S. content on our automobiles. Our negotiating team, along with our government, pushed to ensure that we did not have a requirement for 50% U.S. content. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6032904\" data-originallang=\"en\">We export 90% of our vehicles to the United States. We obtained a good deal for Canada. We have a good deal for the automakers here in Canada.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6032901\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je remercie ma coll\u00e8gue de sa question.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6032902\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mon fran\u00e7ais n\u2019est pas tr\u00e8s bon. Je dois m'exercer \u00e0 le parler.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6032903\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous prot\u00e9gerons 70 % de l'acier et de l'aluminium canadiens. C'est mieux que rien. Nous avons affaire \u00e0 une administration am\u00e9ricaine qui a impos\u00e9 des droits de douane en vertu de l'article 232. Comme je l'ai mentionn\u00e9, elle a agi ainsi en pr\u00e9textant que c'\u00e9tait dans l'int\u00e9r\u00eat de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 nationale des \u00c9tats-Unis et que le Canada pr\u00e9sentait une menace pour eux. Cependant, elle a tent\u00e9 d'imposer une exigence voulant que la moiti\u00e9 du contenu des voitures fabriqu\u00e9es au Canada soit d'origine am\u00e9ricaine. Gr\u00e2ce aux efforts d\u00e9ploy\u00e9s par l'\u00e9quipe canadienne de n\u00e9gociation et le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral, cette exigence a \u00e9t\u00e9 abandonn\u00e9e.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6032904\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous exportons vers les \u00c9tats-Unis 90 % des v\u00e9hicules fabriqu\u00e9s au Canada. Nous avons obtenu un bon accord pour le Canada. Il s'agit aussi d'un bon accord pour les constructeurs d'automobiles canadiens.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2020/1/30/marwan-tabbara-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/marwan-tabbara/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4264/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "10741681",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00c9manant Du Gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act",
"fr": "Loi de mise en \u0153uvre de l'Accord Canada\u2014\u00c9tats-Unis\u2014Mexique"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2020/1/30/",
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}
}