the united states is the world's largest steel importer. 26.9 million metric tons of steel imported into the u.s. in 2017. here is the interesting thing. if you thought this was all about china, the top ten sources of steel imports in the u.s., they are not china. number one is canada. brazil, south korea, ten of the top 12 are allies of the u.s. aluminum, china's number three. canada, 43%, the number one exporter into the u.s. of aluminum. what about this and where it heads? let's bring the panel. mike allen, cofounder of axios. katie pavlich, mo elleithee. my, there's a big battle on this issue. the president campaigned on it. shouldn't be a surprise.