Trump’s Ten-Percent Aluminium Tariffs Counter Counsel from Industry Trade Groups
United States President Donald Trump’s announcement earlier this week that his administration’s response to the findings of the Commerce Department’s...
After agreeing last December to sell the Dunkerque smelter in France many have seen the move as Rio Tinto’s desire to continue to divest its non-core parts of the aluminium segment – much like BHP Billiton did – such as Pacific Aluminium...
United States President Donald Trump’s announcement earlier this week that his administration’s response to the findings of the Commerce Department’s...
Though many stakeholders in the global aluminium sector fear the consequences tariffs levied upon them by the United States government...
According to unnamed confidants who spoke to the media last week, United States president Donald Trump is planning to levy...
Listing Canada among the countries that harm the United States aluminium industry is a mistake, and including Canadian producers in any quotas or tariffs would simply compound the error. So say leaders and representatives of the largest industrial labor union in North America. Among the first to voice concerns over trade sanctions recommended in the […]
Describing the findings of the United States Commerce Department’s Section 232 investigation into aluminium and steel imports as “groundless” and inconsistent with the facts, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) aimed withering criticism on Saturday at the report and its conclusions. The MOC’s chief of trade remedy and investigation bureau Wang Hejun is cited in state-run […]
U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross released the department’s report on steel and aluminium imports investigated during the recent Section 232 national security investigation yesterday, in which the Department recommends a mix of tariffs and quotas on aluminium products entering from abroad, including from the People’s Republic of China. The reports, which were delivered […]
Representatives of the government of the People’s Republic of China responded to United States President Donald Trump’s comments earlier this week regarding possible trade sanctions levied upon imported aluminium and steel, saying on Wednesday that negotiating a solution is the better option. Pointing out that the trading relationship between the two economic juggernauts is “mutually […]
In a meeting with a group of bipartisan legislators on Tuesday, U.S. president Donald Trump gave his clearest signal to date that increased impediments on aluminium imports are imminent, noting that the entire arsenal of trade tools, including “tariffs and/or quotas” are under consideration. “I want to keep prices down, but I also want to […]
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Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...