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Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
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MEDIA ADVISORIES
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">April 7, 2006<br>
No. A/11</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">MINISTER EMERSON TO COMMENT ON BYRD AMENDMENT RULING</span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">BY U.S. COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">International Trade Minister and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the
Vancouver-Whistler Olympics David L. Emerson will make a brief statement and be
available to answer questions from the media regarding a ruling today by the United
States Court of International Trade.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">The Court ruled that the U.S. Customs Service violated U.S. law by applying the Byrd
Amendment to disburse duties collected on Canadian goods to U.S. companies.</span></span></p>
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<td class="table1column2" width="86%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">House of Commons Foyer<br>
Parliament Hill<br>
Ottawa, Ontario</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">For more information, please contact:</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Jennifer Chiu<br>
Press Secretary<br>
Office of the Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and
the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics<br>
(613) 992-7332</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Media Relations Office<br>
International Trade Canada<br>
(613) 995-1874<br>
</span></span><a href="https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20070221075910/http://www.international.gc.ca/"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.international.gc.ca</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p>
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