Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. It's a pleasure to be with you this way.
More than any two countries in the world, the U.S. and Canada make things together as integrated economic partners. The U.S. sells more goods to Canada than to any country, more than it sells to China, Japan and the U.K. combined. That is why we believe that both countries must stand for a strong, common cross-border manufacturing response as we tackle the COVID-19 public health crisis and help our shared economies rebuild and recover.
Specifically, we believe that our two countries must continue to work together on a collaborative manufacturing response to COVID-19 to achieve the following basic four objectives: securing the availability of personal protective equipment in both countries; designing Canada-U.S. manufacturing solutions to replenish and maintain strategic stockpiles of medical equipment; continuing to ensure people and goods cross the border efficiently without interrupting our critical supply chains; and expanding market opportunities between our two countries in order to spur recovery and compete globally.
Maintaining an open and efficient supply chain through and beyond COVID-19 will save lives and help us in the fight against this pandemic. It will provide the infrastructure required for jump-starting the economy to compete with other regions of the world in a rapidly changing global economic environment.
We stand with a growing number of businesses, workers and advocacy organizations to urge our governments and all Canadians and Americans to stand together in the global marketplace, push aside those who would divide us and meet our global competition head on. As many may have read or seen, we started a rebound campaign: cabc.co/rebound.
I will just tell you briefly who has signed up so far and who joins us in this effort: AmCham Canada, American Chamber of Commerce in Quebec, Association of Equipment Manufacturers, Association of Oil Pipelines, BIOTECanada, Border Policy Research Institute, Business Council of Canada, Canada-U.S. Business Association, Canadian Food Exporters Association, Canada Arizona Business Council, CanAm Border Trade Alliance, Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, Canadian Pharmacists Association, Consumer Health Products Canada, Council of the Great Lakes Region, Energy Equipment and Infrastructure Alliance, Food & Consumer Products of Canada, Future Borders Coalition, Government of Ontario, Government of Quebec, Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, International Business Council of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Innovative Medicines Canada, Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce, Lake Placid Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism, MedTech Canada, NASCO, New England-Canada Business Council, New Hampshire-Canadian Trade Council, North Country Chamber of Commerce, Ohio-Canada Business Council, Ontario Chamber of Commerce, Pacific Northwest Transportation Services, Quebec Federation of Chambers of Commerce, the Business Council of New York State, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, United States Chamber of Commerce, the Vermont Chamber of Commerce, Women in Trucking Association, Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars, and John Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.
It's quite a list and the list is growing. We're inviting all citizens and organizations to join on to talk about how Canada and the United States need to address our challenges together and how we're stronger together.
Thank you very much.