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   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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