There is optimism in the Windsor-Essex economy after an agreement was reached that will see the United States eliminate a 25 per cent tariff on steel and a 10 per cent levy on aluminum.
But Essex New Democrat MP Tracey Ramsey tells CTV Windsor opposition parties in the House of Commons are frustrated.
Ramsey says it should not have taken a year to remove the tariffs.
"Canada I think at the very beginning was not taking it very seriously and we should have," says Ramsey. "We know we've lost over a thousand jobs, we've paid $1-billion or more in tariffs."
Ramsey hopes the deal is a sign Canada and the U.S. can again work together on bigger concerns.
The pact is tied to an agreement to restrict dumping of cheap steel from countries like China and Russia.
"We have significant challenges with China. We need to be working with the United States to work at that together more than having us divided and having these tariffs between our countries," she says. "I'm hopeful the conversation on China now will shift to. 'How do we push against them together versus separately?'"