OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it is "insulting'' that President Donald Trump says Canada's steel industry poses a national security risk to the United States. The idea that we are somehow a national security threat to the United States is quite frankly insulting and unacceptable. Justin TrudeauIf the U.S. cannot produce enough steel or aluminum to meet basic national defence requirements, the reports suggest, it is a national security threat. The documents also discuss concerns about the impact on national security from economic threats and unemployment. European Union Trade Commissioner Cecelia Malmstrom said Trump's steel tariffs have nothing to do with national security and called them "pure protectionism.''

Source: Huffington Post June 03, 2018 18:56 UTC