Canadian Government Sees End To U.S. Tariffs On Aluminium And Steel
Though Canadian officials are optimistic that the Trump Administration’s Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminium are soon to be...
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U.S. Government “Unified” With Canada On End To Aluminium And Steel Tariffs: Kudlow
Echoing comments made late last week by Canadian politicians, officials south of the border in Washington, D.C. said on Sunday that the blanket tariffs levied on Canadian aluminium and steel tariffs are soon to be history. White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow...
National Security Justifications For Aluminium And Steel Tariffs “Specious And Absurd”: Canada’s Freeland
In the course of a discussion with the United States Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Canada’s Foreign Affairs...
China’s Aluminium Exports Break Record In January
Continued tepid domestic demand coaxed out a bumper crop of aluminium exports from the People’s Republic of China last month,...
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Beer Industry Suffering Under Weight Of Trump Aluminium Tariffs Says Trade Group President
The head of a major beer industry trade group eviscerated the Trump Administration’s tariffs on aluminium late last week, saying that the move has done nothing but harm beer brewers and the entirety of the beer industry. Jim McGreevy, president of The Beer Institute, made the comments in an interview aired on Friday, opining that […]
Aluminum Association Says Exclusion Process For Section 232 Aluminium Tariffs Failing Domestic Interests
A recent study of the effects of the Trump Administration’s Section 232 tariffs on aluminium and steel shows that the move has done vastly more harm than good for the domestic aluminium industry. An email penned by the senior director of public affairs at the Aluminum Association Matt Meenan to industry media detailed a study […]
U.S. Senator Grassley Calls Upon Trump Administration To Repeal Aluminium And Steel Tariffs
The chairman of one of the most powerful committees in the United States government petitioned the Trump Administration to put an end to the Section 232 tariffs on aluminium and steel prior to the legislature taking up the question of implementation of the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade accord. Chuck Grassley, the senior U.S. senator representing […]
Kodak Expects Receipt Of Section 232 Tariff Exclusions From Commerce Department Soon
The Eastman Kodak Company announced late last week that the tariff exclusion requests it lodged with the United States Commerce Department for an exception to the Trump Administration’s Section 232 blanket tariffs on imported aluminium have all been either approved or on track for approval. According to a press release published by industry media, Kodak’s […]
Aluminium Tariffs Hurt Both U.S. And Canadian Stakeholders: Albecour GM Boisvert
The blanket 10-percent tariffs placed upon imported aluminium by the Trump administration last April hurt not only United States consumers, but also Canadian suppliers of the metal. Such is the opinion Albecour’s general manager Pierre Boisvert, which he expressed at the recent S&P Global Platts’ Aluminum Symposium in San Diego. Rather than producing a clear […]
Zhongwang Fake Semis Prosecution May Slam The Door On Key Routes For U.S. Import Duty Avoidance
The global aluminium market has been watching the trials and travails of Chinese behemoth Zhongwang with intense interest for the past few weeks after the company and its founder Liu Zhongtian were brought up on criminal charges by the United States federal ...
Aluminium Prices Under Double Pressure: Trade Wars and Chinese Exports
Base metals prices tumbled to their lowest in several weeks at the start of August, after U.S. President Donald Trump ...
Dirty Metal – China’s Troublesome Tether Between Coal And Aluminium
The year 2019 has been a red-letter year for the aluminium sector in the People’s Republic of China. Despite trade ...
Is Rio Tinto’s ISAL smelter a bargain or a smart investment?
At least three companies (including Swiss commodity trader Glencore and German Trimet Aluminium) have expressed interest in buying Rio Tinto’s ...
