aluminum comes down to “bad economics” by the Trump administration, says Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains.In an interview with The West Block‘s Mercedes Stephenson, the minister in charge of what was formerly known as the industry portfolio, stressed the move announced by U.S.
President Donald Trump last week will only hurt American manufacturers given the tight integration of North American supply chains.“This is bad economics.
This is not good for the Canadian economy or the American economy,” said Bains, calling the measures “counter-intuitive” to the intent behind the renegotiated NAFTA deal.Trump’s move comes in the context of the looming U.S.