"Canada is warning the Trump administration that a "Buy American" plan for U.S. oil and gas pipelines could have an unexpected casualty: coal country.
The Canadian government last week told the Commerce Department that requiring all new, retrofitted, repaired or expanded pipelines in the United States to use domestic materials and equipment would spell trouble for top coal- and iron-ore-producing states that sell their raw goods to Canada.
Facing the toughest slog would be leading iron ore suppliers — Michigan, Minnesota and Utah — and the nation's top coal suppliers — Wyoming, West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Illinois — the Canadian embassy warned.
"Canadian steel producers source the majority of their raw materials from the U.S.," the embassy told the Commerce Department. "The loss of this market for Canadian steel producers would certainly result in a reduction in their overall production and, therefore, in a reduction in their purchase of raw materials from their U.S. suppliers.""
Hannah Northey and Sam Mintz report for Greenwire April 10, 2017.
SEE ALSO:
"Industry Assails Trump’s ‘Buy America’ Steel Plan" (The Hill)
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