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training by also using the P-8A Integrated Training Center (ITC). The ITC is meeting training requirements of the Fleet Replace- ment Squadron, VP-30, and the transition- ing squadrons. “We are pleased the P-8A has been, and continues to be, on cost and on sched- ule,” Dillon said. “The program offi ce is continuing to support the needs of the fl eet and deliver an aircraft that recapitalizes and improves upon the capabilities of its prede- cessor; greatly enhancing the effectiveness of the Navy’s forward deployed squadrons.”


Hagel Visits First Zumwalt-class Destroyer


By Karen Parrish, American Forces Press Service


BATH, Maine (NNS) -- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the not-yet-launched Zumwalt-class destroyer he toured Nov. 21 “represents the cutting edge of our naval capabilities.”


The ship, now known as the Pre-Com- missioning Unit, or PCU, Zumwalt, will be- come the USS Zumwalt, named for former Navy Adm. Elmo Zumwalt. Offi cials said the ship is about a year away from joining the fl eet.


Now littered with large protective crates storing systems not yet installed, the ship is being fi tted with new automated systems. The Zumwalt, Navy offi cials explained, has highly accurate long-range weapons, an impressive power generation capability and a design emphasizing “stealthy” radar-de- feating materials and shapes.


The ship will be home ported in San Diego, Hagel noted, and it “represents an important shift ... in America’s interests to the Asia-Pacifi c,” he told a mixed crowd of sailors, government civilians and General Dynamics employees assembled near where the ship is docked.


Hagel thanked General Dynamics and its workforce at Bath Iron Works, which will produce all three of the Zumwalt-class ships planned for production. The secretary called


the facility “a magnifi cent institution that’s been part of the security of this country for 130 years.”


The secretary also spoke to a number of Sailors and defense civilians present, who are working to get the ship ready for active duty. Hagel thanked them and their families for their service.


Sharon E. Burke, assistant secretary of defense for operational energy plans and programs, accompanied Hagel’s delegation on the ship tour. Later, she spoke to report- ers while en route to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where Hagel landed later in the day for an international security forum that starts to- morrow.


Burke said that the ship’s power genera- tion capacity - 78 megawatts, impressed her. One megawatt of power can power about 1,000 American homes.


The massive amount of available power makes the ship expandable for future weap- on systems such as rail guns, which “take a lot of pulse power,” Burke noted. “Also, you’re running a lot of very so-


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cently concluded Trade Agreement with the European Union will provide the Canadian fi sh and seafood industry with a clear com- petitive advantage.


“The Canada European Union trade agreement will have signifi cant benefi ts for our country’s oyster industry,” added the Minister. “It will give Canadian industries access to a very lucrative market, which will benefi t hard-working Canadians, par- ticularly in coastal communities through more jobs, higher wages, and long-term prosperity.” When the Agreement comes into force, almost 96 per cent of all EU tariffs on Ca- nadian fi sh and seafood products will be eliminated, with the remaining 4 per cent to be eliminated by the 7th year of the Agree- ment. The EU is the world’s largest importer of fi sh and seafood, with a global import market averaging $25 billion annually be- tween 2010 and 2012, and average seafood consumption of 26 kg per capita in 2010. It is already Canada’s third largest fi sh and seafood export market with a value of more than $350 million in 2012, despite these high tariffs.


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Minister Shea Highlights Benefi ts to Fisher- ies of Canada-EU Trade Agreement in New Brunswick


November 8, 2013 MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK – The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, followed the recent announce- ment of a new Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with the European Union with a visit to a New Brunswick fi sh processing plant, where the benefi ts of the Agreement are already being welcomed. Minister Shea also hosted a roundtable meeting with New Brunswick fi sheries in- dustry representatives, where she answered questions and discussed potential opportu- nities related to the Canada-EU Comprehen-


sive Economic and Trade Agreement. “The Agreement is good news for Can-


ada, it’s good news for New Brunswick and it is especially good news for fi shermen and fi sh processors,” Minister Shea noted during her roundtable discussion. “Companies that process and export Canadian products will certainly benefi t from this historic Agree- ment.”


When the Canada-EU Trade Agreement comes into force, almost 96 per cent of all EU tariffs on Canadian fi sh and seafood products will be eliminated, with the remain- ing four per cent to be eliminated by the 7th year of the Agreement.


“This is a big accomplishment for Can- ada and for the New Brunswick fi shing in- dustry in particular,” said Doris Losier, Cape Bald Packers Director. “We expect to see great economic benefi ts resulting from this Agreement from the day it is implemented. Minister Shea’s visit today was a welcome opportunity to express our confi dence in a prosperous future.” Canada’s fi sh and seafood products are among the best in the world. The EU is the world’s largest importer of fi sh and seafood, with a global import market averaging $25 billion annually between 2010 and 2012, and average seafood consumption of 26 kg per


phisticated systems on that ship,” she said. “It gives them a lot of room to be able to run all those systems.”


The ship can generate 78 megawatts


of power, and can channel it to propulsion, shipboard use and weapons systems. Offi - cials said the guided missile destroyer is the fi rst Navy ship to be fully electrical, and it was designed to use automated systems as much as possible to decrease the number of sailors needed as crew. For example, offi cials said, automatic systems route, store and load the 300 rounds of 24-pound ammunition each of the ship’s two 155mm guns can fi re. The guns have, in testing, successfully fi red at a rate of 10 rounds a minute and with 20- to 40-inch accuracy at a range of more than 60 nautical miles, offi cials noted.


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capita in 2010. It is already Canada’s third largest fi sh and seafood export market with a value of more than $350 million in 2012, despite these high tariffs.


“By providing preferential access to the


world’s largest common market, the trade agreement will give the Canadian industry a clear competitive advantage and will ben- efi t hard-working Canadians, particularly in coastal communities through more jobs, higher wages, and long-term prosperity,” added Minister Shea.


New Brunswickers stand to benefi t sig-


nifi cantly from this preferred access to the EU market. The EU is already New Bruns- wick’s second-largest export destination and fourth-largest trading partner. CETA will eliminate tariffs on almost all of New Brunswick’s key exports and provide access to new market opportunities in the EU. Exporters in these sectors will also benefi t from other CETA provisions that will im- prove conditions for exports—provisions, for example, that ease regulatory barriers, reinforce intellectual property rights and ensure more transparent rules for market access.


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