TKMS was just spun off from parent company Thyssenkrupp AG and held its initial public offering in Frankfurt on Monday. Photo by Marcus Golejewski/dpa via AP files

Germany and Norway’s defence ministers are meeting their Canadian counterpart Monday to push for Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems to win a multibillion-dollar submarine contract.

Boris Pistorius and Tore Sandvik are accompanied by the chief executive officer of TKMS as Canada weighs joining a German-Norwegian submarine partnership. It would involve the procurement of the shipbuilder’s U212CD submarines, six of which Germany is expected to receive by 2037.

TKMS was just spun off from parent company Thyssenkrupp AG and held its initial public offering in Frankfurt on Monday, where chief executive Oliver Burkhard told attendees he

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