Trudeau government must hike duties on Chinese steel, say NDP, steelworkers

North American leaders are talking tough on steel dumping, while Chinese officials court Trudeau to begin trade negotiations.

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto (left), Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Barack Obama (right) pledged to 'address government policies that lead to distortions in the steel sector' in a statement issued during the North American Leaders Summit in Ottawa last week. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI

July 6, 2016

The NDP is urging the Trudeau government to follow through on its pledge to fight back against the dumping of unfairly subsidized steel—primarily from China—by hiking duties and reforming the country's trade remediation process, including by permitting labour unions to initiate complaints. ...

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