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Canada's aluminum and Trump's 50% tariff: who pays

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Canada has supplied about 70% of U.S. aluminum imports, much of it from Rio Tinto's hydropower-fed smelters in Saguenay, Quebec. Learn why a 50% tariff pushed U.S. prices to a record premium, why a new Oklahoma smelter met resistance, and why Canadian metal is heading to Europe.

Based on “America Needs Canada’s Aluminum. Trump’s Tariff Exposed Just How Badly.” by Ryan Dezember · The Wall Street Journal, October 27, 2026

Chapters
0:00 Opening
0:20 A Wartime Bond
1:10 The Tariff Turn
2:08 The Conundrum
2:58 Who Pays
3:43 Canada Responds
4:16 Rio's Saguenay
6:01 The Oklahoma Fight
8:34 An American Empire
11:22 The Case for Tariffs
12:17 A Century of Hydro
14:57 The Subsidy Charge
17:05 Betting on Saguenay
18:16 Metal Heads East
19:31 A Loyal Supplier
20:37 Bottom Line

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