International Trade committee  I guess I should first preface my answer by saying that I am in no way, shape, or form a tax expert. I need to say that up front. The free trade zone I made reference to, as far as my understanding goes, is a free trade zone from a manufacturing standpoint. I am not personally

International Trade committee  Let me start off by saying that I, personally, am not an income tax expert. As an association, we advocate on behalf of our members with respect to international trade topics that are more in line with the actual trading of commodities and services as opposed to income tax. I d

International Trade committee  Okay. Relative to the Americans and the Panama situation, I was very recently in Detroit at a U.S. district council meeting, with approximately 500 U.S. companies in attendance. Secretary Locke was there, and he made some comments relative to various free trade agreements and

International Trade committee  That's correct.

International Trade committee  Yes. It is being addressed by the Americans.

International Trade committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. My name is Joy Nott, and I'm the president of I.E.Canada, the Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters. With me today is Carol Osmond, our vice-president of policy. We'd like to thank you for the opportunity to