API on the US, Mexico and Canada Agreement

“The US, Canada and Mexico energy markets are highly integrated and interdependent, and the free flow of energy products across North America is part of the reason the US natural gas and oil industry supports millions of American jobs, a robust economy, energy security, and reliable and affordable energy today,” said API Vice President of Regulatory and Economic Policy Kyle Isakower. “The USMCA is an essential trade agreement that will enable the continued US energy revolution.”

“We urge Congress to approve the USMCA, as it retains critical provisions of NAFTA that will benefit American energy consumers. Canada and Mexico are important trade allies that are critical to the future of our economy, and it’s important that natural gas and oil products and investments continue to move freely across our borders.”

API supports free trade agreements and continues to oppose any market restrictions, including steel quotas and tariffs under Section 232 and tariffs under Section 301, which provide uncertainty for US energy projects and potentially threaten US jobs, as well as America’s energy leadership made possible by innovation and free trade. API’s comments to the ITC noted that current tariffs and potential future quotas on steel imports from Canada and Mexico run contrary to the free trade benefits retained through USMCA. The US natural gas and oil industry relies on steel products from Canada, Mexico and other countries for pipelines, well casing for drilling and production, liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals, petrochemicals plants, and refineries.

Read the article online at: https://www.worldpipelines.com/business-news/21122018/api-on-the-us-mexico-and-canada-agreement/