It Is Time To Retaliate Against Unfair Foreign Trade Practices

We are going to see who is treating us fairly and who is not treating us fairly.  Trump signed orders imposing a 25 percent tariff on imported steel and a 10 percent tariff on imported aluminum.  However, he has kept the doors open to negotiations.  Fake media does not mention that President Trump has stated he is willing to negotiate. Also note that President Trump temporarily agreed to suspend the new tariff on steel and aluminum from Mexico and Canada and make it permanent if they would renegotiate NAFTA making it fair to the USA.  Canada and Mexico are not willing to do that. That tell me both countries know NAFTA is an unfair agreement to the USA. Thanks Bill and Hillary Clinton for that NAFTA. 

President Trump has said, America will remain open to modifying or removing the tariffs for individual nations willing to negotiate in good faith. He has even promised to show great flexibility and cooperation towards real friends.

The countries that export the highest volumes of steel and aluminum to the USA also happen to be some of our key allies, including Canada, the European Union, Japan and South Korea.  It is just the start of unleashing American industry from the unfair trade practices that have hounded the USA for years. The fact that these countries may be close allies of ours does not mean we should allow them  to take advantage of us.  In 2017 the USA trade deficit with the EU was $152.4 billion dollars.  The EU charges the USA 10 percent duty on passengers vehicles and a whopping 22 percent on trucks/vans. The USA charges them ONLY 2.5 percent on trucks/vans. Is that fair!

China is another country that charges us 25 percent on all imported vehicles from the USA and we charge them a mere 2.5 percent on the same.  China is suppose to be close to becoming as large or larger than the USA economy, yet our INTELLIGENT politicians Republican and Democrats have allowed this to carry on for decades.  Why!

We should also keep in mind that the EU has a Standard of Measure Clause".  That makes the USA exporters face extra challenges in accessing the EU market. Our products that conform to International Standards may not meet the EU standards."

Canada and Mexico account for 32 percent of USA imports in steel and aluminum.  Canada is the largest exporter of the metals to the USA.  Canada does not talk talk about the transhipping problems they have created in the USA.  Canada buys steel/aluminum from China at a low price and then ships it to the USA.  This helps China keep the appearance that their steel/aluminum shipments (exports) to the USA is lower than it really is.  We actually do not know how much China steel/and aluminum comes into the USA from China because of transhipping from all our FRIENDS. The USA Department of Commerce claims that only 2 percent of U.S. steel is imported from China, but due to transhipping they have no idea.  Canada helps China hide their steel imports to the USA.

Let us take a minute to talk about Canada's Dairy Industry and how unfair they are towards the USA when it comes to trade in dairy products. The truth is Canada charges us 270 percent on some dairy products imported and we change them zero.  Overall Canada charges us 7.5 percent on all dairy products and we charge them zero. They claim this is fair because we subsidize the American dairy farmer.  That is not a valid argument because Canada also does the same, but does it in a different manner.  You see Canada does not pay dairy farmers a subsidy, but they DO NOT ALLOW any dairy products to be imported to their country UNTIL all the Canadian dairy products are sold. Therefore, the dairy products for all practical purpose imported to Canada are restricted and controlled. This protects their dairy farmers. This is something else FAKE MEDIA neglects to tell us.

Now to be fair I must say Canada did import aprroximately 227 million dollars in our dairy products last year because their dairy farmers were not capable of meeting their domestic demands. But, Canada still protects their dairy farmers as they should from imports.


People should also know Canada has a law called "Supply Management" that protects their domestic industries from imports.  Regardless of what the tariffs charged are they still control all imports. In other words they protect Canadian interest as they should and as the USA should.  I do not believe Canada will be willing to negotiate on this point because it works.


We should also keep in mind that the Prime Minster of Canada has many problems besides trade with the USA.  I agree trade problems with the USA would make his problems far worse.  Canada has a weak economy their GDP growth was only 1.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017 and its stock market was down 5 percent in the year of 2017. Canada exports nearly 90 percent of its steel to the USA, the most of any country.  Canada accounts for 41 percent of America's aluminum imports.

This would not be the first time the USA wa forced to address Canada's unfair trade practices we had similar problems with their exports of soft lumber to the USA and in order to correct the problem the USA had to institute tariffs on the products.  FAKE MEDIA would like us to believe President Trump is acting unreasonable when others have taken similar actions in the past on other products. NAFTA did not fall apart then and most likely it will not fall apart now, but if the USA is not getting treated fairly it should fall apart.

Also to be fair I must tell you on March 27, 2018, the Government of Canada announced new measures aimed at preventing the transshipments and diversion of steel and aluminum into Canada.  I believe they did this because of the actions of President Donald Trump in an attempt to avoid imposed USA tariffs on the metals they ship to the USA. Why are they now making it appear they will try to resolve the issue?  We will never know if they are actively enforcing these new rules or not. I would say Canada has known they were screwing us all along and would continue to do so until President Trump threaten action.

Because of President Trumps actions our FRIENDS in South Korea have agreed to reduce there quota of steel/aluminum to the USA to 2.68 million tonnes.  That is 70 percent less than in 2017.  They will also lower their barriers on vehicles  being imported from the USA.  It is once again obvious to me that our FRIENDS in South Korea also knew they were screwing us and realized President Trump was not going to continue to look the other way as Presidents before him has.

Many of our politicians are more concerned with hurting our allies (FRIENDS) than they are protecting American industry and workers. Typical for USA politicians. Vote Republican in November and be sure to support only candidates that support Trump.  If he fails in making America the country it once was it is not because he did not try.  If he fails I will place the blame on Liberals, Democrats and Republican Anti-Trumpers.