(Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with U.S. President Donald Trump at the G7 leaders summit in La Malbaie, Que., on June 8, 2018.
by Brian Lilley
June 21, 2018
Canadian steel is not a security threat to the United States and Canada could have avoided the tariffs on it and aluminum. Those were the two big pieces of news as a top Trump official appeared on Capitol Hill, unfortunately, most Canadian media only focused on one storyline.
Wilbur Ross, Donald Trump’s commerce secretary was appearing before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday.
Ross was repeatedly asked why a national security designation was applied to Canadian steel by Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat from Colorado.
“The Canadian steel industry is not being accused of directly and individually being a security threat,” Ross said in response to Bennet.
But, added Ross, Canadian steel was a problem along with other countries in the aggregate, while we allowed Chinese steel to pass through our country on the way to the United States.
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