The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholar's Canada Institute recently published the twelfth issue of the One Issue, Two Voices series. The series is dedicated to bringing important bilateral Canada-US policy issues to the forefront by acquiring experts from both Canada and the US to provide their perspectives. Focusing on the Buy American provisions, this latest issue delves into the consequences and impact these procurement provisions have had on trade on both sides of the border. Each author offers very different observations with respect to protectionism and free trade. The publication was launched at two different events - one in Washington DC and the other in Ottawa, Canada.

About the Authors:

Bob Baugh was appointed executive director of the AFL-CIO Industrial Union Council in January 2003. The Council, comprised of the nation's leading industrial unions, is the coordinating body for the federation's manufacturing policy and legislative initiatives. He is the co-chair of the AFL-CIO Energy Task Force and has served as the leader of the U.S. labor delegations to the United Nations climate change conference negotiations in Bali, Poznan, Bonn, and Copenhagen.

William Robson took office as president and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute in Toronto in July 2006, after serving previously as senior vice-president and director of research. A graduate of both the University of Toronto and the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, he has written extensively on government budgets, pensions, and inflation and currency issues.

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Related:

• Teaching Resource: The "Buy American" Controversy: A Case Study in Canada-US Trade Relations
• Past Feature: US and Canada Reach Agreement on Buy American
• Past Feature: Challenging "Buy American"

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