An agreement reached May 17th ends nearly year-long tariff struggle between Canada and the United States.

The elimination of U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum is great news for Saskatchewan companies.

Mike Day president of the United Steelworkers Local 5890 said he's hopeful some of the product lines that have been hampered by the tariffs will soon benefit from the deal and see an increase in production.

Canada and the U.S. agreed to end the nearly year-long tariff war between the two countries.

With a deal that applies to tariffs, the U.S. imposed last June, citing national security. 25 percent on imports of steel and 10 percent on aluminum as well as Canada's tariffs on steel, aluminum, and other consumer products. As part of the deal, the Trudeau government has agreed to end its legal case against the U.S. at the World Trade Organization on the tariffs.

The deal also includes a monitoring system to watch out for any potential surges in the metals markets.

Day said members of the union are especially pleased the deal doesn't include quotas which could limit how much steel Canada can export to the U.S. "I'm still shocked that there is no quota system," Day said. "We'd spoken with Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland back in October and she told us they weren't going to accept a quota system. We didn't want one and there isn't one so it is very, very good."