Shoemaker: 'No deal better than bad deal' as tariffs plague Algoma Steel
No trade deal is not good news for Sault Ste. Marie but one with a 25 per cent tariff on steel would not have been any better, says Mayor Matthew Shoemaker.Add in the threat of taking away Canada’s French language and limiting trade with other countries – demands the United States added to the negotiating table just hours before a tariff deadline took effect – made the potential deal that much more unpalatable, Shoemaker told The Sault Star.“And today he (President Donal