“ U.S. businesses claim Canada is a back door for products from China
From kitchen cabinets to titanium, American industries accuse Canadian firms of skirting CUSMA rules”
“ The accusations emerged during recent public hearings in Washington into the future of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). During the hearings, leaders from a wide range of business sectors urged the Trump administration to renew the trade deal when it comes up for review in July.
However, several industries — from steel producers to truck-parts suppliers to kitchen-cabinet makers — expressed concerns that some Canadian and Mexican companies are exploiting CUSMA’s preferential trade terms by sending products with significant amounts of Chinese-made content into the U.S. market through a back door.”
What Trump doesn’t understand or care, is that almost all vehicles, military ships, planes and tanks run on Chinese made chips and electronics.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-tariffs-canada-china-imports-cusma-usmca-back-door-9.7008812