A staffer works in a steel company that makes high-end automotive spring steel in Ma'anshan, East China's Anhui Province on June 24, 2025. Chinese companies are advancing their efforts in new quality productive forces, a new development paradigm, to improve total factor productivity. Photo: VCG

Under the new policy, Canada will apply a 25 percent tariff on steel imports from any country — except the U.S. — if the original steel was melted and poured in China.

Canadian PM Carney has announced new steps to limit the flow of cheap foreign steel into Canada, aiming to protect local producers hit by US tariffs, emphasising that stricter import quotas and higher