Stelco Holdings Inc. 表示计划关闭其汉密尔顿工厂的部分业务，以确保公司的生存，因为美国关税严重影响了公司的销售额。Stelco称这一决定将影响多达500名员工。
Stelco Holdings Inc. says it plans to idle part of its Hamilton plant in order to "ensure the survival" of the company, as U.S. tariffs squeeze its sales. Stelco says the decision will impact up to 500 employees.
在CBC News周一获得的一份备忘录中，该公司表示将无限期地暂停其汉密尔顿工厂的冷轧和涂层业务，相关操作将于10月9日开始逐步停止。
In a memo obtained by CBC News on Monday, the company says it will indefinitely idle its cold-rolled and coated operations at its Hamilton Works plant, with operations set to begin winding down on Oct. 9.
United Steelworkers Local 1005的主席Ron Wells估计将有350名钢铁工人被裁员。
Ron Wells, president of United Steelworkers Local 1005, estimates 350 steelworkers will be laid off.
他告诉CBC News：‘显然我们必须与公司会面，了解哪些人会被裁员，并确保裁员按照资历进行。’
"Obviously we got to meet with the company, and find out who's getting laid off, [and] make sure it's done by seniority," he told CBC News on Monday.
圣诞节已经不远了，但我们不知道这些裁员的持续时间……人们很担心，我理解他们的担忧。’
"Christmas ain't that far away, and we have no idea the duration of these layoffs ... People are concerned. I don't blame them."
Stelco的销售副总裁Frederic Fafard在备忘录中表示：‘这虽然是一个不幸但必要的措施，有助于确保Stelco在当前充满挑战且不可持续的市场环境中生存下来，因为持续的贸易中断对加拿大钢铁行业造成了影响。’
The company says this will not impact its ability to supply hot-rolled steel products. "This is an unfortunate but necessary action to help ensure the survival of Stelco in what has become a challenging and unsustainable market for cold-rolled and coated products caused by the ongoing and sustained trade disruptions impacting the Canadian steel industry," Stelco vice-president of sales Frederic Fafard stated in the memo.
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普于6月签署了一项行政命令，对来自加拿大的某些钢铁和铝制品征收高达50%的关税。
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order in June applying an up to 50 per cent tariff to certain steel and aluminum imports from Canada.
Fafard补充说：‘Stelco的冷轧和镀锌产品市场已经大幅萎缩，而这些产品的进口份额仍然很高。
"Stelco’s market for cold-rolled and galvanized products has contracted significantly, while import penetration for these products remains at heightened levels," Fafard added in the memo.
尽管加拿大联邦政府采取的措施减少了进口总量，但进口量仍然不足以弥补贸易危机造成的市场缺口。’
"While the measures taken by the federal government in Canada have served to reduce imports into Canada overall, import volumes remain at levels that prevent Stelco from being able to bridge the gap in the market created by the trade crisis." More to come