Canada Gives Border Security Extra Powers to Crack Down on Cheap Steel, Aluminum

Canada Gives Border Security Extra Powers to Crack Down on Cheap Steel, Aluminum
The Canada Border Services Agency is being granted extra powers to identify businesses that try to dodge import duties and ship cheap foreign steel and aluminum through the Canadian market. Reuters/Jo Yong-Hak/File Photo
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OTTAWA—The federal government is taking extra steps to crack down on companies that try to ship cheap foreign steel and aluminum through the Canadian market.

The Canada Border Services Agency is being granted extra powers to identify businesses that try to dodge import duties and more flexibility to determine whether prices in countries of origin are reliable or distorted.