The steel thing is true also, it's as easy to find as the motorcycle tarrif
Between May 2019 and January 2025, Royal Canadian Steel, Farjess and Jessani avoided duties by "knowingly misrepresenting … the country of origin of certain flat-rolled steel," the DOJ said.
Shamsh Dhala, a broker who worked with Farjess, tipped the government off by filing a civil suit in the U.S. under the False Claims Act, which allows whistleblowers to receive a portion of any money recovered by the government. The DOJ said Dhala would receive US$3.61 million of the settlement.
"Our border is the frontline of American industry. Approximately half of all U.S.-Canada land trade flows through our district." Jerome Gorgon Jr., U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, where the case was filed, said in a press release. "And we will continue to protect our businesses from foreign fraudsters."
U.S. steel companies have long complained that Canada has acted as a backdoor for cheaper, unfairly subsidized steel to enter the U.S. They, along with U.S. trade representatives, said Canada's steel import regulations are too lax, which allows other countries to transship their steel through Canada and then into the U.S.
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