U.S. plans to hit Canada with steel and aluminum tariffs as of midnight

[shockedcanadian]

I think Trump and his team are starting to get the message, Canada has no interest in dealing with NAFTA. I will take it a step further, Canada does indeed, represent a National Security threat to America, your economy and more.

I'm also glad they quoted Wilbur Ross, you are lucky to have him in your govt.

U.S. plans to hit Canada with steel and aluminum tariffs as of midnight | CBC News

The U.S. is slapping Canada with tariffs on its steel and aluminum imports effective at midnight.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross made the announcement during a call with reporters Thursday morning.

President Donald Trump announced in March that the United States would slap tariffs of 25 per cent tariff on imported steel and 10 per cent on imported aluminum, citing national security interests.

He granted exemptions to his North American Free Trade Agreement allies and the European Union, but those all were set to expire June 1.

Ross said Canada's and Mexico's exemptions were hooked to the progress of the NAFTA negotiations, which "are taking longer than we had hoped."

 

[BlackFlag]

Great. Everything gets more expensive for no reason.

 

[Penelope]

Great. Everything gets more expensive for no reason.

He doesn't care, he nor his family are in the building trades anymore.

 

[shockedcanadian]

Great. Everything gets more expensive for no reason.

Oh there is a reason, very good reasons. For one, and I am stating this based on something someone told me as he used to work in the industry; Canada have very little smelters the vast number of them closed due to cheap Chinese competition, yet, somehow we are able to ship a great amount of such raw materials over to the U.S. How is this? You can just guess where it is coming from.

Second, as I stated loudly before the talks began, Canada has NO interest in a NAFTA deal. Their objective is to delay constantly and hope Trump loses in the Midterms or worse. I also find it extremely telling that Schumer stated verbatim, the same sentence that Chrystia Freedland regarding the fact that you "want a good deal, not just any deal". I suppose some who oppose Trump want the same outcome, they want to protect the socialists to the North and the process of dragging out the discussion is an effort to harm Trump politically.

 

[BlackFlag]

Great. Everything gets more expensive for no reason.

Oh there is a reason, very good reasons. For one, and I am stating this based on something someone told me as he used to work in the industry; Canada very little smelters the vast number of them closed due to cheap Chinese competition, yet, somehow we are able to ship a great amount of such raw materials over to the U.S. How is this? You can just guess where it is coming from.

Second, as I stated loudly before the talks began, Canada has NO interest in a NAFTA deal. Their objective is to delay constantly and hope Trump loses in the Midterms or worse. I also find it extremely telling that Schumer stated verbatim, the same sentence that Chrystia Freedland regarding the fact that you "want a good deal, not just any deal". I suppose some who oppose Trump want the same outcome, they want to protect the socialists to the North.

Oh so Trump is punishing Americans because he wants Canada to start overcharging us for steel and aluminum. Fantastic.

 

[shockedcanadian]

Great. Everything gets more expensive for no reason.

Oh there is a reason, very good reasons. For one, and I am stating this based on something someone told me as he used to work in the industry; Canada very little smelters the vast number of them closed due to cheap Chinese competition, yet, somehow we are able to ship a great amount of such raw materials over to the U.S. How is this? You can just guess where it is coming from.

Second, as I stated loudly before the talks began, Canada has NO interest in a NAFTA deal. Their objective is to delay constantly and hope Trump loses in the Midterms or worse. I also find it extremely telling that Schumer stated verbatim, the same sentence that Chrystia Freedland regarding the fact that you "want a good deal, not just any deal". I suppose some who oppose Trump want the same outcome, they want to protect the socialists to the North.

Oh so Trump is punishing Americans because he wants Canada to start overcharging us for steel and aluminum. Fantastic.

No. Canada will not be as competitive, they will accept lower profits or not ship as much to America. America will always get their raw materials, there is no shortage of it. Companies still have to compete, this is a raw material, not a specialty product like an iphone or military grade industrial product.

 

[BlackFlag]

Great. Everything gets more expensive for no reason.

Oh there is a reason, very good reasons. For one, and I am stating this based on something someone told me as he used to work in the industry; Canada very little smelters the vast number of them closed due to cheap Chinese competition, yet, somehow we are able to ship a great amount of such raw materials over to the U.S. How is this? You can just guess where it is coming from.

Second, as I stated loudly before the talks began, Canada has NO interest in a NAFTA deal. Their objective is to delay constantly and hope Trump loses in the Midterms or worse. I also find it extremely telling that Schumer stated verbatim, the same sentence that Chrystia Freedland regarding the fact that you "want a good deal, not just any deal". I suppose some who oppose Trump want the same outcome, they want to protect the socialists to the North.

Oh so Trump is punishing Americans because he wants Canada to start overcharging us for steel and aluminum. Fantastic.

No. Canada will not be as competitive, they will accept lower profits or not ship as much to America. America will always get their raw materials, there is no shortage of it. Companies still have to compete, this is a raw material, not a specialty product like an iphone or military grade industrial product.

They will raise prices. That is what Trump is demanding.