This sub-series comprises correspondence arranged in chronological order by months. The letters of each month are then arranged in alphabetical order by the correspondents' surnames. The sub-series documents Michael Wilson's views as Minister of Industry, Science and Technology and International Trade pertaining to the implementation of departmental policies and programs.
The record type in this sub-series is photocopies of outgoing letters signed by the Minister.
The issues documented in this sub-series are as follows:
1991: discussions of meetings; trade missions; Canadian assistance; Saudi-Canadian commercial and economic relationships; dealing with hazardous material, Canadian WHMIS System; potential sale of trolley buses to Mexico City; shipments of live lobsters to Mexico; opening of a new trade centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates; developmental dairy forum project in Cameron; Canadian Consul in Kiev; Goods and Services Tax; difficulties experienced in India by Taurus Metal Corporation; automobile fuel efficiency standards and their relationship; funding of nuclear power project in Romania; environment issues between Canada-Mexico and USA; softwood lumber; Canada position on agriculture in the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations; Bill C-6 , an Act representing the exporting, importing, manufacturing, buying or selling or other dealing with certain weapons; Prince Edward Island potatoes in connection with PVY-N Virus; restrictions on imports of American and European products; major export opportunity in Mexico for New Flyer Industries Limited; opposition to any increase in the tariff of refined sugar; reports on business delegation meetings; activities of Export Development Corporation (EDC) and their environmental impact; alleged dumping into the Canadian market of tissue paper from Thailand and Norway; Lavalin project-Brazil; Japanese auto-parts traffic through U.S. Pacific Coast parts; elimination of the Inward Processing program on goods exported to the USA under the FTA; protection of Canadian cultural institutions in light of the current trilateral trade negotiations with Mexico-U.S.; proposed sale by General Motors of Light Armoured vehicles (LAV) to Saudi Arabia; grain issues between Canada-U.S., (FTA); ARMX exhibition; Canadian Trade Delegation July 1991 to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates; multilateral trade Negotiations concerning reform of the rules on anti-dumping; issues affecting Japanese automakers operating in Canada; importance of the Korean market to the Challenger Division of Canadair, Bombardier; super fund tax on imports of certain chemicals into United States; plywood standards dispute; possible Canadian technical assistance to the forest industry in the Soviet Republics.
1992: efforts of Canadian Well Controllers Ltd to secure contracts related to clean-up in Kuwait; Export Development Corporation's offer of a line-of -credit to Iran; Canada-USA Air negotiations; U.S. country of origin marking requirements for printed matter from Canada; Bell Telephone International - Telecom Asia project to install 2 million telephone lines in Bangkok, Thailand; export of red cedar logs and other forest products harvested on Indian Forest lands; trade development for the former Soviet Republics and Baltic countries; subject of privatization was discussed with the Greek Prime Minister, Constantine Mitsotakis; Canadian assistance to the oil industries of the Commonwealth of Independent States; UN embargo imposed against Iraq; Federal/Provincial-Territories meeting of Ministers responsible for International Trade in Ottawa; GATT negotiations on pharmaceutical patents; Program for Export Market Development; Bell Canada International Inc. ongoing telecommunication project in Morocco; Canadian Government's position on trade with South Africa; U.S. Department of Commerce against importers of magnesium from Canada; government's decision to consent to the transit of US submarines through Canadian International waters of Dixon Entrance; Asia Pacific Round table in Ottawa, June 26, 1991; Canadian access to the German housing market; Gas recovery project in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; Expo 92; Export and Import Permits Bureau declines to issue permits for imports of low-sodium milk into Canada; Canada's decision to support the elimination of compulsory licencing of pharmaceutical patents in the Uruguay Round Trade Negotiations.
1993: U.S. Export Enhancement Program; SOFREGAZ project in Algeria; Three Gorges Dam project in China; Methylene project in Russia NAFTA and large-scale water exports; Canada-Japan Forum 2000 report; audit of Honda Canada by the U.S. Customs Service; and Gandhar Oil and Gas project in the Gujarat State in India.
