QUEBEC GOVERNMENT TO PRESS THE USA TO GIVE SMELTERS FROM THE PROVINCE AN EXEMPTION TO NEW ALUMINIUM DUTIES
June 1st, 2018
THE QUÉBEC government has said it will push the American government to exempt its aluminium industry from the duties that it announced last Thursday would be levied on Canadian exports of the metal. Québec smelters make the vast majority of aluminium exported from Canada – much of it destined for the USA. Christine St-Pierre, the province’s minister of international relations said: “Quebec will look to obtain an exemption for the Quebec industry.” That said, she said her government supported the Canadian government in challenging American action at the ...
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