OTTAWA -- Canada鈥檚 trade minister says the fight isn鈥檛 over yet to stop the Biden administration鈥檚 Buy American electric vehicle tax credit from becoming a reality.
鈥淚鈥檓 meeting with senators on both sides of the aisle. They have certainly indicated to me that they are not ready to vote for this yet,鈥� Mary Ng told Joyce Napier on CTV鈥檚 Power Play Friday.
鈥淭here is still some runway to work,鈥� she said.
Ng spoke to Napier from Washington, where she and a cross-party delegation of MPs were meeting with American law-makers to fight against the Buy American provision.
The Biden administration unveiled a wide-ranging budget that include a US$12,500 tax credit for American-made electric vehicles.
鈥淚鈥檝e had about six meetings with senators,鈥� Ng told CTV鈥檚 Power Play.
She says Canadians officials have had about 50 meetings with their American counterparts.
Ng discusses the cross-party push against Biden鈥檚 Buy American provisions in the video at the top of this article.
