Aluminium Extruders Council Supports Push To Reform Section 232 Exemption Process
The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) this week came out in support of a push by a bipartisan group of U.S....
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India’s Appeal For Exemption From Section 232 Aluminium And Steel Tariffs Falls On Deaf Ears
The Indian government’s appeal for an exemption to the United States’ blanket import tariff on aluminium and steel is dead on arrival according to sources in Washington, D.C. who spoke to the media last week. An anonymous source who spoke to Reuters...
UK PM Boris Johnson Bullish After Aluminium Tariff Detente By Biden Administration
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is encouraged by the Biden Administration’s actions to date in ratcheting down barriers to imported...
Japan Calls Upon United States For Deal On Section 232 Aluminium And Steel Tariffs
Japanese trade minister Koichi Hagiuda called upon the United States government to end Trump-era aluminium and steel tariffs during an...
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Aluminum Association Urges Biden Administration To Continue Protecting Domestic Producers Against Unfair Competition From Abroad
Aluminium sector trade group Aluminum Association released a new policy brief last week that it says the United States government must implement in order to ensure that the American aluminium industry remains competitive with global producers. The brief, entitled “A Trade Policy Framework for the U.S. Aluminum Industry,” suggested several policy directions for the Biden […]
AEC Asks Commerce To “Pause And Reevaluate” Its Decision On New Section 232 Exclusion Process
American aluminium trade group The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) released a statement on Monday calling upon the United States Department of Commerce to “pause and reevaluate” its use of measures to create broad exclusions from the Trump-era Section 232 aluminium tariffs. In the statement, the AEC takes the Commerce Department to task for its adoption […]
Aluminum Association Petitions US Commerce Department For Limits On Section 232 Exclusion Requests
Aluminium sector trade group Aluminum Association relayed to the United States Commerce Department its recommendations for adjusting Section 232 tariffs on aluminium and steel last week, advising it on changes it would like to see to the newly-created category of “general approved exclusions,” or GAE. “Reflecting member feedback, we urged the department to revisit the […]
Century Lauds Biden Administration’s Reimposition Of Section 232 Tariffs On UAE Aluminium Imports
American aluminium smelter Century Aluminum yesterday praised President Joe Biden for his decision to retain the Section 232 aluminium tariffs on the United Arab Emirates. Earlier this week the Biden Administration reversed a last-minute reprieve for the UAE issued by the outgoing Trump Administration exempting it from the tariffs imposed across the board by the […]
Trump Rescinds Section 232 Tariffs On Canadian Aluminium, But Promises Reimposing Them Should Imports Spike
Donald Trump ended the import tariff on aluminium from Canada earlier this week, but he promised to reinstate it should shipments from the dominion spike at some point later this year. Trump’s announcement comes after a new agreement between the two governments that saw the reinstatement of Canada’s exemption to the administration’s Section 232 blanket […]
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 ...
