Further Steel Tariffs Loom With Trump’s Erratic Trade Policy

Donald Trump’s sudden decision to double steel tariffs from 25% to 50% has thrust North American steel markets into deeper uncertainty, with businesses bracing for a cost structure that could shift overnight, making multi-year planning effectively impossible.

Observers highlight the fundamental problem: week-to-week policy swings create a hostile environment for capital expenditures and expansion plans, as firms cannot forecast steel costs with any confidence.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly stressed that Ottawa is “fighting the current US unjustified and unlawful tariffs with our own retaliatory actions, strong domestic support packages, and big moves to diversify our trade.” She also emphasized that she has “been in constant contact with steel and aluminum producers and workers,” preparing for “formal set of meetings in the coming days to advance our plan.”

The Canadian Steel Producers Association echoed those concerns, warning that a 50% tariff “essentially closes the US market to our domestic industry for half of its production.” The group’s president, Catherine Cobden, argued that such a disruption “will create mass negative consequences across our highly integrated steel supply chains and customers on both sides of the border.”

Cobden urged Canada to “fully reinstate retaliatory steel tariffs to match the American tariffs” and to “implement as quickly as possible new tariffs at our own borders to stop unfairly traded steel from entering Canada.”


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