The Premier sat down with state representatives, including Senator Gary Peters of Michigan, Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Representative Jim Renacci of Ohio, to discuss the importance of Ontario economic relationships with these key states. Jobs that depend on trade, investment and partnership with Canada.At a meeting with Representatives Bill Pascrell of New Jersey, Sandy Levin of Michigan, Brian Higgins of New York and other members of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Premier spoke about the benefits of NAFTA and noted that efforts to undermine NAFTA are only one example of protectionist actions that are putting millions of jobs across North America at risk.In Washington, the Premier expressed her concern that protectionism at the state level will also damage cross border partnerships that create jobs, referring to New York State Buy American provisions, set to take effect April 1. While not as far reaching as the Buy American legislation originally proposed by New York