"James Scott "Jim" Peterson", Queen's Privy Council for Canada/PC is a retired Canada/Canadian politician and former Minister of International Trade (Canada)/Minister of International Trade.

Born in Ottawa, Ontario, he has a Doctor of Civil Law/DCL from McGill University, a Master of Laws from Columbia University, and a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Western Ontario. As well he has diplomas from Hague Academy of International Law in The Hague and La Sorbonne in Paris.

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So we're making great steps in order to enhance our presence there. . . . We want a bigger share of those huge markets which represent 38 per cent of the world's population.

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We are not getting our fair share of Chinese trade and we want more of it.

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We're going to examine this decision very carefully. My message is very simple: We want the U.S. to live up to and respect the Nafta.

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I've talked to some old-timers. Nobody's ever heard of anybody doing that before.

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It is only an interim decision. We are examining it very carefully. We were disappointed, of course, we would have liked to have won. But over all, our thrust remains, the U.S. has to live up to the NAFTA.

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We stand ready to vigorously defend the NAFTA and we will take all steps open to us to ensure it is respected.

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We have sorely neglected our trade relationships over the years with the new and emerging markets - the Chinas and Indias.

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That park hasn't been paying for itself for a long, long time.

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The main thrust that we want and that we were after is not the right to retaliate. The main thrust has always been respect for the NAFTA, i.e. repeal the [tariff] orders and return the deposits.

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