AED President Urges Swift Ratification of North American Trade Deal

On Feb. 26, Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) President and CEO Brian P. McGuire testified before the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on International Trade about the importance of swiftly approving implementing legislation to ratify the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). Appearing via teleconference from AED headquarters in Schaumburg, Ill., McGuire discussed the importance of North American trade certainty. He said, “By modernizing…

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U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement a Bipartisan Win

Dec. 10, 2019 – Nice to see some bipartisan cooperation for once. The House of Representatives signaled support for a revised trade deal — called the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement — that represents an overhaul of the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement. It would create new intellectual property protections, require more North American parts to be used in automobiles to qualify for…

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