Subj : Re: I watched the 'talk'
To   : MIKE POWELL
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Wed Mar 19 2025 02:03:00

MP>I watched something about aluminum manufacturing yesterday that leads me to
  >believe that is another product that would fit into this category.  China
  >were apparently able to "steal intellectual property" to jump start their
  >production but have since also come up with some innovations that make it
  >easier for them to produce.  Per the news article, Aluminum was also one of
  >the industries that China saw as one where they could get into it and take
  >it over.

Could be, if they've found a better way and resources to produce it.
It is a bit of an issue for the USA since you only produce 15% of
the aluminum you use in your country. You have to import, and in
recent years Canada has been your biggest source of aluminum,
60% from Quebec alone but I'm not sure if other provinces add to
that or not.

Oh, and I hear that the Tariff situation has taken another nasty
twist. Apparently Trump now wants to put a Tariff on everything
imported from all countries in the world. When Premier Ford had
that meeting with your gov't finance guys he said that he can only
hope Canada can get an exemption on a lot of that but, it's funny,
Trump said he Liked Ford when he went up against him, and then
after this meeting, now he says he hopes that the Conservatives,
which Ford is, doesn't get elected so he can get another Liberal
back in.

Maybe he assumes the Liberals will all be weaker against him but
I don't know if he understands our system here. Ford isjust newly
elected and so will stay in power longer than Trump will and Ford's
powers won't be effected no matter which party gets elected in the
coming Federal elections for Canada's Prime Minister.

Doug Ford is Premier of Ontario here where I am and Ontario is
the main supplier of most of Canada's products, resources and
wealth. They said a while back that, going by what is produced
in Ontario, if it were a country on its own, it would qualify
to be one of the G7 countries.

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