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Doer, Obama discuss trade woes

WASHINGTON — Ambassador Gary Doer took Canada’s frustrations over the Buy American trade dispute directly to the White House on Wednesday — but his brief meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama produced the same result as all other recent appeals from Ottawa.

“The bottom line is there’s no resolution,” he said.

Doer was invited to the White House to formally present his diplomatic credentials to Obama, three weeks after taking up his job as Canada’s new envoy to Washington.

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