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PR ESS TIME FOR THIS ARTICLE WAS SEPT. 4, 2018:
e US Government and its agencies, have long had "Buy America" rules.
Exceptions were sometimes made, however. Arguably, these rules have been
re-energized by trade talks in Washington and the attendant comments by
President Donald Trump. Still, when it comes to Infrastructure, Canadian
companies and investors are not entirely running away. ere are too many
good opportunities to miss without trying, explains Tim Murphy, co-chair
of the Infrastructure group at McMillan LLP. "It isn't one market," Mur-
phy explains. Clients "look at different regions and ask, would they be more
successful in Florida, in Michigan, etc." ey look to the sectors in which
there have been successes, wind and solar energy, for instance. And they
find a local partner with whom to co-invest and work. "Sometimes it helps
to find advisors in the US, ones who can walk through the corridors of
power," says Murphy.
ACROSS
THE BORDER
By Sandy Rubin
"Buy
America"
rules and
trade talks
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
PHOTO:
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OF
THE
WINDSOR
DETROIT
BRIDGE
AUTHORITY
A conceptual rendering of the
Gordie Howe International
Bridge connecting Windsor,
Ont., and Detroit, Mich.
