This “we’re only hurting Canada!” cry from the left is either disingenuous or stupid. Canada, like the US, is a net steel importer.

So when the Canadians sell us steel, where do you think they make up the deficit in domestic supply? I can tell you:

Chinese steel is shipped directly from Tianjin to the Port of Vancouver. So it doesn’t really matter whether the Canadians are selling us domestically produced steel (probably produced from Chinese import billet anyway) or simply turning the Chinese produced steel over and selling it directly to US consumers. They are effectively middlemen in either case, and middlemen we certainly don’t need.

Because of this kind of practice, the 25% tariff has to be across the board.

It’s sad for me here in the Pac. NW just a short drive from Vancouver to see trainloads of raw materials heading north to Canadian ports to be shipped to China, only to see them returning as value added products like steel and finished lumber. We aren’t even getting the benefit of the port jobs that handle the coal — it all goes up to Roberts Bank near the Tsawassen ferry terminal, less than a mile north of the border. Americans are really getting screwed by these deals, and what do we get in return? Overvalued tech companies that offer us lousy entertainment and “social media” at the expense of our privacy and real communities.