United States And India Reach Trade Accord On Aluminium And Steel Imports
The governments of the United States and India announced an agreement last week in which India will remove retaliatory tariffs...
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WTO Rules In Favor Of US Against China’s Retaliatory Trade Measures Against Aluminium Tariff
Last week the Word Trade Organization (WTO) handed down a decision in a trade dispute between the United States and the People’s Republic of China, finding that the latter acted out of step with its obligations to the WTO by levying further...
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...
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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Century Aluminum Applauds Biden Administration’s New Tariffs On Russian Aluminium
American primary aluminium producer Century Aluminum’s top executive came out in support of the Biden administration’s decision to apply a 200 percent tariff on imported aluminium from the Russian Federation. In a press release, President and Chief Executive Officer Jesse Gary said the move was long overdue. “Century Aluminum fully supports the Biden administration’s decision […]
Biden Administration Imposes Additional 200 Percent Tariff On Russian Aluminium
The United States government has taken the long-expected step of imposing a hefty tariff on primary aluminium and derivative products imported from the Russian Federation last week, opting to place a 200 percent increased tariff on all such imports. The tariff, which will take effect in March, is a de facto ban on Russian aluminium. […]
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 steel and aluminium erected by the Trump Administration. Such were the comments conveyed by a spokesperson for the prime minister last week. The unidentified spokesperson made the encouraging remarks in answer to a question posed […]
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 […]
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 ...
