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International Trade committee Absolutely. I mentioned motors as an example. WEG motors is a Brazilian company and they are one of the largest in our industry, with better access to their products. They actually manufacture in the U.S. now, so it's a question of supply chain. We would also ultimately use Braz
April 24th, 2018Committee meeting
Robert Dietrich
International Trade committee I'm sorry, the translation went very soft.
April 24th, 2018Committee meeting
Robert Dietrich
International Trade committee We use suppliers from around the world. Today, in Brazil, we import from India, Canada, and use a local Brazilian supply chain. There would be certain components that would come form Canada should we have the ability to not have tariffs and non-tariff barriers. We would likely in
April 24th, 2018Committee meeting
Robert Dietrich
International Trade committee They're the two that would be the most attractive for us, yes.
April 24th, 2018Committee meeting
Robert Dietrich
International Trade committee Yes, right.
April 24th, 2018Committee meeting
Robert Dietrich
International Trade committee Yes, we would. As I mentioned, we had a huge debate about whether to invest in Brazil, but given the non-tariff barriers.... In the non-tariff barriers, basically you have to use Brazilian-made motors for electrical standard, which is not true. That's the non-tariff barrier. We h
April 24th, 2018Committee meeting
Robert Dietrich
International Trade committee Absolutely, that's the whole point.
April 24th, 2018Committee meeting
Robert Dietrich
International Trade committee Yes. Also, I'm not so sure with Mercosur but certainly in other jurisdictions—TPP would be an important one—dealing with intellectual property rights and the ability to have regulation and be able to use the Canadian legal system to support disputes would be very important.
April 24th, 2018Committee meeting
Robert Dietrich
International Trade committee Yes. I've spent my whole career in Canadian-based, internationally oriented technology companies, and the model is the same in all of them. That is that Canada benefits from having the head offices, from having the technology development jobs, and from creating value through the
April 24th, 2018Committee meeting
Robert Dietrich
International Trade committee Thank you. I'm Robert Dietrich. I'm the Chief Financial Officer of Armstrong Fluid Technology. Armstrong is a Toronto-based, family-owned, global manufacturer of heating and cooling equipment, which we call HVAC. That's the term I'll use. Throughout our 80-year history, Armstro
April 24th, 2018Committee meeting
Robert Dietrich