Clinton seeks to calm alarm over U.S. protectionism

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NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – The United States will work with Canada to find a way to alleviate concerns surrounding the Buy American policy in the U.S. economic stimulus bill, which some say is shutting Canadian companies out of lucrative contracts, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said today.

"I'm well aware of the concerns that there may be elements of the international trade obligations or absences of agreements that should be looked at so that we can promote more procurement and other kinds of trade interactions," she said during a joint press conference with Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon.

"And I have assured Minister Cannon that we will take a close look at that."

However, the Buy American provision "isn't being enforced in any way that is inconsistent" with America's international trade obligations, Clinton said.

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/650484#

Silly colonists. The US does not break the rules.

They make the rules. So smarten up and get with it.