Automotive Aluminium And Steel To Enjoy US$600 Million Surge Under USMCA: US Trade Representatives
According to a report prepared by the United States Trade Representatives’ office, automotive aluminium and steel stand to benefit from...
North American Free Trade Agreement
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....
Mexico’s Government Says Ratification Of USMCA Contingent Upon End To Section 232 Aluminium And Steel Tariffs
Echoing the United States’ northern neighbors, officials from the Mexican government confirmed over the weekend the position that ratification of...
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...
Events
End To Aluminium Quotas Key To Industrial Growth: Aluminum Association CEO Brock
In comments made by Aluminum Association President & CEO Heidi Brock to the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) yesterday, Brock stressed the need for exemptions from aluminium quotas for both Canada and Mexico to be included in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) currently under negotiation. During the hearing, entitled United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement: Likely Impact on the […]
Aluminum Association Calls Upon Trump Administration To Drop Section 232 Tariffs At NAFTA Negotiating Table
North American trade group the Aluminum Association published an open letter to the Trump administration on Monday calling on U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer to use the occasion of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiations to press for quota-free exemptions on aluminium imports from Canada and Mexico. The letter, penned by Aluminum Association […]
U.S. Sources Say Quotas On Aluminium From Mexico And Canada May Replace Trump Tariffs
Sources in Washington, D.C. say that United States trade officials are pushing for neighbors Canada and Mexico to agree to quotas on aluminium and steel in exchange for dropping blanket tariffs. According to unnamed sources claiming knowledge of the matter who spoke with Reuters on Tuesday, tariffs on metals were not initially a subject for […]
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. […]
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 ...
