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Jul
16:05
Canadian USW decries Buy America executive order
The Canadian wing of the United Steelworkers is wary of the new Buy America provisions recently enacted by the Trump administration this week, Kallanish learns from a union release.
The new provisions increase the domestic steel content for federal projects from 50% to 95% - and 75% of all materials must be of US origin.
Worse than that, the order demanded that 95% of all steel and iron used in US public procurement must exclude Canada and be sourced from the…
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