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Canadian steel tariff measures ‘fail to address the crisis we are in,’ industry says
The Canadian steel industry says the federal government’s recently-announced measures to combat the impacts of U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs “fail to address the crisis we are in.” Thursday’s statement from the Canadian Steel Producers Association (CSPA) takes particular issue with immediate measures like a tariff rate quota on foreign steel products, which the industry group says should be far lower to prevent the dumping of those materials at the expense of domestic producers. “In its current form, the (tariff-rate quota) will do little to support our industry,” CSPA president and CEO Catherine Cobden ... (full story)