CANADA URGES STEELWORKERS DROP ALUMINUM CASE: The United Steelworkers union focused their anger and attention on China when they rolled out a petition Monday asking for a 50 percent emergency duty on imports of primary aluminum to save American jobs. But a closer look at the union’s filing reveals that about 66 percent of the imports come from Canada, causing major concern up north.

“Canada is deeply troubled by the action initiated by the US steelworkers union to curb the imports of aluminum from Canada,” Alex Lawrence, a spokesman for Canadian Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, said in an email to POLITICO. “Restrictions on Canadian exports will do nothing to deal with global overcapacity. Canada and the United States must address this issue of overcapacity in a strategic manner, together, and in the interests of all our workers.”…