Canada and Mexico to be exempt from U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum
March 9, 2018
Canada and Mexico will be exempt from tariffs on steel and aluminum imported into the United States, but there's no guarantee that will be the case forever.
A little after 3:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump signed off on two proclamations taking aim at the imports of two metals where the U.S. economy uses far more than it produces.
"The actions we're taking today are not a matter of choice," Trump said. "They're a matter of necessity for our national security."
This was excerpted from the 8 March 2018 edition of CBC News.