{"id":74209,"date":"2025-05-31T14:39:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T18:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=74209"},"modified":"2025-05-31T14:41:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T18:41:56","slug":"statement-on-the-increase-of-u-s-steel-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/31\/statement-on-the-increase-of-u-s-steel-tariffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement on the Increase of U.S. Steel Tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"timestamp\"><b>May 31, 2025 at 14:39<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The new steel tariffs announced by Donald Trump are arbitrary, illegal, and completely unjustified. They threaten to further damage the vital relationship between our two countries and will raise costs for businesses and consumers on both sides of the border.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s and America\u2019s steel industries are deeply integrated \u2014 we build together, and we prosper together. These tariffs hurt workers and families in both nations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As part of Team Canada, I\u2019ve been working closely with industry leaders, the United Steelworkers, and other key stakeholders to defend Canadian steel and the good jobs it supports.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our government will not back down. We will fight, protect, and invest. Every dollar collected through counter-tariffs will be reinvested directly into supporting our steelworkers and strengthening our industry.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We laid out a bold vision in the last election \u2014 one where Canada builds, and builds fast. From housing and shipbuilding, to rail lines and energy corridors, we\u2019ll need more Canadian steel.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canadian steel in 2018, we responded forcefully with counter-measures \u2014 and we won. We will do it again. Canada\u2019s workers, unions, businesses, and government are united: we will keep fighting until every last tariff is lifted.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We are strong, we are united, and we are free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 31, 2025 at 14:39 The new steel tariffs announced by Donald Trump are arbitrary, illegal, and completely unjustified. They threaten to further damage the vital relationship between our two countries and will raise costs for businesses and consumers on both sides of the border. &nbsp; Canada\u2019s and America\u2019s steel industries are deeply integrated \u2014 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-federal"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-06 07:48:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74210,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74209\/revisions\/74210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}