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Old 09-02-2018, 10:50 PM   #732
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Originally Posted by whitev70r View Post
Was talking from someone from Alcan/Rio Tinto and asked how the US tariffs on aluminum affected them. He said that US cannot produce enough aluminum and it hasn't affected their export to US ... so effectively, Trump has shot himself in the foot. Now US companies needing aluminum has to pay an extra 10% for aluminum and 25% for steel coming from Canada. How does that make America great again?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/can...riff-1.4686655
It took 25 years for that industry to dwindle to the point it's at now.
It'll probably take longer than a few months to bring it back.
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