Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc says Ottawa welcomes Washington “withdrawing its positions” on Canada’s discoverability requirements for streamers after U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the United States has “flexibility” on the issue.
Greer disputes Ottawa’s characterization of the issue, saying it was never a red-line for the United States, contradicting Prime Minister Mark Carney’s statement that Washington opposed Canada’s French-language protection requirements.
“Canada welcomes that the U.S. is now withdrawing its positions on discoverability and labelling and is confirming that measures to promote French language and Canadian culture will not be subject to future U.S. trade actions,” LeBlanc said in a statement on Aug. 27….