Trump And Trudeau Discuss Section 232 Aluminium And Steel Tariffs, But To No Avail
Though the United States and Canadian heads of government spoke on the subject of relief for Section 232 aluminium and...
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United States Government Lifts Section 232 Aluminium And Steel Tariffs On Mexico And Canada
The governments of the United States, Canada, and Mexico concluded 14 months of trade tensions on Friday with the announcement of deals to eliminate the Section 232 blanket tariffs on aluminium and steel imposed by the Trump Administration over a year ago....
Trump And Trudeau Talk Tiptoes Through Tariff Tensions
Though the subject of the Trump administration’s blanket tariffs on aluminium and steel were a subject of discussion between the...
Canada Says “No Deal” To Aluminium And Steel Quotas In Exchange For Exemption From Trump Tariffs
According to sources at the heart of talks between the United States and Canadian governments, the likelihood of Ottawa accepting...
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Despite New Free Trade Deal With United States, Tariffs On Aluminium From Canada And Mexico Remain
Though the governments of the United States, Canada, and Mexico have reached a last-minute accord on free trade, the Trump administration’s Section 232 tariffs on aluminium and steel will remain in place for the foreseeable future. “There are problems specific to steel and aluminum relating to our national defense, and at this point of time, […]
Trudeau Promises Canada Won’t Be “Pushed Around” On Trump Aluminium Tariffs
The 44th G7 summit ended on a sour note on Saturday, as the Canadian Prime Minister told the assembled media that his country’s government is not likely to take the Trump administration’s tariffs on aluminium sitting down. Speaking in the context of the tedious negotiations with the White House over the North American Free Trade […]
Canadian Government Mulling Aid Package for Aluminium Smelters
Within hours of the Trump administration’s decision to levy significant tariffs on aluminium and steel imports from Canada, lawmakers in Ottawa began brainstorming solutions for protecting the dominion’s smelters. According to sources who spoke to Reuters claiming familiarity with the matter, the subject was the first item of business for the Canadian cabinet yesterday morning. […]
Canada’s Government to Increase Efforts Against Expected Rise in Aluminium Transshipment
In an effort at staving off an expected flood of transshipments of aluminium through the country, the Canadian government said earlier this week that it is enacting barriers that it hopes will make such activities more difficult. Canada has been granted an exemption to the blanket 10-percent tariffs levied on all imports of aluminium into […]
Biden Infrastructure Bill A Big Boon To Aluminium Industry: Norsk Hydro VP Mike Stier
Earlier this month the United States Congress passed into law President Joe Biden’s US$1.2 trillion infrastructure package. The Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act (or the INVEST in America Act) will allocate US$550 billion ...
The Net-Zero Shift Starts With Low Carbon Aluminium
2020 was supposed to be “year of climate action”, with the Glasgow COP26 acting as a major milestone for both ...
Aluminium at the LME Week – Key Takeaways
Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders ...
Aluminium Market Oversupplied, Demand Growth Flat
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...
