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> And why is that a problem, exactly? It says in the article: American companies are being put out of business by heavily-subsidized Chinese companies. > Tryi
by gthtjtkt 10y ago
> And why is that a problem, exactly?
It says in the article: American companies are being put out of business by heavily-subsidized Chinese companies.
> Trying to enforce a tariff on element production from a subset of external countries seems sisyphean.
Apparently not:
> The company failed to obtain NAFTA benefits after U.S. authorities concluded that the metal came from China.
It helps to read the article you're commenting on ;)
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoBut there are essentially no tariffs any more. Not sure how NAFTA changed that. But assuming its true: aluminum is fungible as mentioned. Providing more to Mexico means they can export more of their own to the US.