Russian Lawmaker Counsels Strong Response Against Trump Aluminium Tariffs
A prominent lawmaker in the Russian Federation government is urging a swift and strong response to the economic sanctions levied...
Within hours of the Trump administration’s decision to levy significant tariffs on aluminium and steel imports from Canada, lawmakers in Ottawa began brainstorming solutions for protecting the dominion’s smelters. According to sources who spoke to Reuters claiming familiarity with the matter, the...
A prominent lawmaker in the Russian Federation government is urging a swift and strong response to the economic sanctions levied...
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Terming the Trump administration’s imposition of tariffs upon almost all aluminium imports “extremely regrettable,” Japan’s Finance Minister Taro Aso indicated...
Despite the best efforts of their governments to strike a compromise with the Trump administration, the White House announced yesterday that it will follow through with blanket 10-percent tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico, and the European Union. Per United States Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, the tariffs were to have gone into effect at the […]
With the end of Canada’s temporary respite from the Trump administration’s blanket 10-percent tariffs on imported aluminium only hours away, officials in Ottawa are making it clear that the government will strike back should the administration choose to follow through with the promised levies. After emerging with a two-hour meeting with in Washington, D.C. with […]
With the deadline for having a long-term deal with the United States on aluminium imports looming, the European Union is engaging in an all-out, last-ditch effort to come to an agreement before the temporary reprieve expires on Friday. German economy minister Peter Altmaier told continental media earlier this week that the coming days would see […]
The Russian Federation government is in the process of finding new and effective ways of boosting its country’s native aluminium industry. So said one of the state’s top officials in the course of comments made to the press last weekend. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak told reporters at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum […]
Hope for a deal on aluminium and steel tariffs between the Trump administration and the European Union may be fading fast, as insiders say that the White House is weighing slicing imports of the same from the EU by a tenth. Per Poland’s Entrepreneurship and Technology Minister Jadwiga Emilewicz, the administration is likely to offer […]
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