Trump is bending over backwards to protect American steel — and Canada is paying the price

Trump is bending over backwards to protect American steel — and Canada is paying the price

WASHINGTON, D.C. — At a steel plant in Pennsylvania in May, U.S. President Donald Trump promised workers a new era of domestic steel production. “We are once again going to put Pennsylvania steel into the backbone of America like never before,” Trump said, reflecting how he sees steel as the centrepiece of a revitalized American industrial capacity. How would he do it? With a tariff workaround that means Canada is paying the price for Trump’s pr…