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...
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Trump Tariffs On Aluminium Cost Beer Industry 40,000 Jobs: Beer Trade Groups
The Trump Administration’s Section 232 tariffs on aluminium have cost the beer industry dearly, leading to the loss of 40,000 jobs through the end of last year. Such was the message conveyed in a report released by the Beer Institute and National...
Breakthrough Between U.S. And Canada On Aluminium And Steel Tariffs Within Sight: Sen. Grassley
More signs of a breakthrough on Section 232 aluminium and steel tariffs between the United States and Canadian government emerged...
India’s Government Again Postpones Retaliatory Tariffs As Talks On Section 232 Continue
India’s government has again delayed enacting retaliatory tariffs against United States goods, pushing back the first possible date for the...
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Aluminium Tariffs Are Bad, But Quotas Are Worse: Alcoa CEO Harvey
In light of reports that negotiators from the United States government are pushing for quotas to replace the Section 232 tariffs on aluminium and steel on imports from Mexico and Canada, Alcoa’s top man echoed sentiments made by negotiators in opposition to a quota system late last week. In an earnings call last week, Alcoa […]
Mexico’s Economy Secretary Asks U.S. Government For Exemption From Section 232 Aluminium And Steel Tariffs
The Mexican government formally requested relief from the Section 232 tariffs on aluminium and steel from the United States government late last week according to the country’s economic secretary. Secretary of the Economy Graciela Marquez Colin said Monday that she made the request of U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross in the course of the […]
Time For Section 232 Aluminium And Steel Tariffs Has Passed: Canada Foreign Minister Freeland
As an accord has already been reached on the new trade agreement among the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland expressed her opinion that the leverage given Washington, D.C. by the Section 232 aluminium and steel tariffs is no longer needed. Speaking to reporters late last week in the U.S. […]
Quotas On Aluminium And Steel Imports Not A Suitable Replacement For Section 232 Tariffs: Mexico’s Economy Minister
Continuing to argue that tariffs on imports of its country’s aluminium and steel are unjustified, Mexico’s government said yesterday that replacing those tariffs with quotas was not an acceptable substitute for total elimination of the impediment on trade. “The Mexican government’s position is that the application of the 232 on steel and aluminum is not […]
Wood Mackenzie Report Finds Section 232 Aluminium Tariffs A Boon To Chinese Exports
In stark contrast with the measure’s intended purpose of protecting United States aluminium producers from imports, the Section 232 tariffs on said imports have coaxed even more aluminium exports from producers in the People’s Republic of China. Such was the conclusion of a report recently released by industrial consultancy Wood Mackenzie. Per the report, the […]
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 ...
