Over the past year, I've had a lot of conversations with my counterparts in Canada and Mexico. And I've been clear with them that We cannot really have free trade with [Canada and Mexico] in steel unless they are controlling their own borders with respect to steel. To get at the transshipment issue, we're talking about for me, the gold standard for rules of origin for steel is melt and pour, which means we want it to be melted and poured into in these countries. (01:57–02:06)
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