U.S. Commerce Sec’y Ross Defends Section 232 Tariffs As Vital For Aluminium Sector
Asserting that such measures are critical for the reemergence of the American aluminium sector, United States Secretary of Commerce Wilbur...
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US And Norwegian Governments Apply For WTO Dispute Resolution Panel For Section 232 Aluminium And Steel Tariffs
The United States government has filed a request with the World Trade Organization to include a dispute resolution panel in negotiations with the several other governments that have filed complaints with the organization over the Trump Administration’s blanket aluminium and steel tariffs....
Mexico Files Dispute At WTO Over Trump Aluminium Tariffs
Mexico’s government confirmed on Monday that it will begin the dispute settlement at the World Trade Organization in an effort...
World’s Biggest Beer Company Holds Out Hope for Relief from Trump Aluminium Tariffs
The world’s largest beer brewer told shareholders earlier this week that there is still hope for exemptions and other aids...
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AEC Urges Trump Administration Against Aluminium Import Quotas
American aluminium trade group The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) announced yesterday that it has fallen in line with the Aluminum Association’s position against the administration of United States President Donald Trump’s push to impose quotas on imported primary aluminium. According to a statement issued on the organization’s website, such quotas, especially when coupled with sanctions […]
European Union Requests WTO Consultations with United States Regarding Trump Aluminium Tariffs
Though the body was granted a temporary reprieve last month, the European Union has petitioned the World Trade Organization for consultation with the United States government regarding President Donald Trump’s blanket 10-percent tariffs upon imported aluminium. The request is the second such of the WTO regarding the Trump tariffs, the first being made by the […]
United States Says China’s Claim That Aluminium Tariff Violate WTO Rules is “Baseless”
The United States government issued an official rebuttal on Wednesday to a request made by the government of the People’s Republic of China to hold dispute resolution consultations regarding the U.S.’s recently-enacted blanket 10-percent tariffs under the auspices of the World Trade Organization, characterizing the request as “baseless.” In a letter penned by United States […]
Hoist By Our Own Petard: The Coming Backfire of Trump’s Aluminium Tariffs
Enormously controversial both in the States and abroad, the blanket 10-percent tariffs ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump are scheduled to go into effect on Friday. The tariffs are hugely unpopular for good reason – they are all but certain to exacerbate existing structural problems within the global aluminium trade while turning loose a host […]
UAE Says Record of Fair Competition Justifies Exemption from Trump Aluminium Tariff
The United Arab Emirates has taken its position in the long line of aluminium-producing states seeking an exemption from United States President Donald Trump’s blanket 10-percent tariffs on aluminium imports that is set to kick in on Friday. The assistant undersecretary for foreign trade affairs for U.A.E.’s Ministry of Economy Juma Mohamed Al Kait relayed […]
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 ...
