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International Trade committee We've had follow-up meetings to clarify the positions that we have proposed in writing. It is now in the hands of the government as to if and when they will take action. We're hopeful that it's imminent, but as I said before, every week that goes by is troubling to us. I think th
October 2nd, 2018Committee meeting
David McHattie
International Trade committee We have not applied. For us it's very important to have a strong and healthy market. I again commend the government on the work on Trans Mountain, in trying to get our resources to market. These are fundamentally important to us. Canada is the fourth-largest market for the produc
October 2nd, 2018Committee meeting
David McHattie
International Trade committee Certainly, I think good trade requires good, strong rules. Even though we are good friends, having rules is very important. I think we'll see economic growth from having a USMCA, and that's good for most people in the industry. The important resources that have been added to the
October 2nd, 2018Committee meeting
David McHattie
International Trade committee It will be very quick now. Secondly, the safeguard is to defend Canadian jobs and it's urgent now. In the nine months ending June 30, we have seen a 70% increase in the imports from non-USMCA destinations, 70% at a price that is significantly below the USMCA imports to Canada.
October 2nd, 2018Committee meeting
David McHattie
International Trade committee Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to contribute to your study. It's an important one at a critical time in this industry for steelmakers, steel users and steel buyers. I am responsible for institutional relations at Tenaris. I've worked at the company since the very begi
October 2nd, 2018Committee meeting
David McHattie
International Trade committee Not to our knowledge is there any Chinese ownership of the Canadian steel industry.
March 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
David McHattie
International Trade committee Our view is that Canada is in a very strong position to negotiate a free trade agreement with China, although you would know the details more than I would. In terms of market economy status, however, Canada is a world leader in its policy, because each time we file a case against
March 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
David McHattie
International Trade committee In reality, then, we should not grant them anything, because we need to prove it. They should be informed as we're negotiating. You already have market economy status; the Canadian producers have to prove that you are not a market economy in status.
March 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
David McHattie
International Trade committee I will answer his question a little bit by saying that the particular market situation in the medium term may be a tool that will enable us, if China continues to act the way they are doing, to use the new tools and to find successful cases against them.
March 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
David McHattie
International Trade committee I think we could say that in theory a healthier, more competitive Canadian domestic industry will enable and facilitate a healthy and competitive shipbuilding industry.
March 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
David McHattie
International Trade committee I couldn't express what our colleague from ABB described as what manufacturing of the future will look like. It looks like that today in our facility. For example, we can be on a laptop anywhere in the world and watch the production go through our line. We can watch as an opera
March 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
David McHattie
International Trade committee In reality, you need to have the economics—the income statement, the costs, the detailed pricing, the competitive information—in order to file a successful case and to follow it through, so it's very difficult, I believe, for the unions to file a case. However, the actions commit
March 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
David McHattie
International Trade committee I'll try to be quick with this. To give you an idea, we won a case against China. Within a couple of years, a trader from another country submitted a request to CBSA for a product, the same one that we won the case against in China. They moved to another country, Indonesia, added
March 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
David McHattie
International Trade committee This is actually, in our view, the most valuable of the tools. It enables the CBSA now to investigate and make a decision when calculating the dumping margin to make sure that they are considering what would be the costs and pricing from an exporter, based on a properly functioni
March 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
David McHattie
International Trade committee I'll say the same thing. When competition is won unfairly by a foreign competitor, we lose volume, so we employ fewer people to operate the plant. We lose price, therefore, we have less profit to reinvest in the facility. Ultimately, year after year, if you have less money to rei
March 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
David McHattie