Trump Reinstates Aluminium And Steel Tariffs Against Argentina And Brazil Via Surprise Tweet
Citing currency weaknesses that he says are harming the American farmer, United States President Donald Trump announced on Monday the...
The Trump Administration’s threatened tariffs on imported aluminium and steel from Brazil are apparently no longer on the table after a conversation between the U.S. president and the Brazilian head of state last week. According to comments made in the course of...
Citing currency weaknesses that he says are harming the American farmer, United States President Donald Trump announced on Monday the...
The World Trade Organization announced the close of proceedings in the trade dispute between the governments of the United States,...
A request from California electric automaker Tesla Inc to the U.S. Commerce Department to waive 10-percent tariffs on imported aluminium...
The United States Commerce Department yesterday launched an online portal for receiving product-specific exclusion requests for aluminium and steel products currently subject to the Trump Administration’s Section 232 tariffs. The site, dubbed “Section 232 Exclusion Portal,” will supersede the Department’s site at regulations.gov for receiving request, objections, rebuttals, and other motions relevant to the aluminium […]
The ongoing conflict between Moscow and Washington, D.C. over tariffs on aluminium and steel is not likely to come to a friendly conclusion by year’s end. Such was the message expressed yesterday by a representative of the Russian government. In comments to Russian news agency TASS, Economic Development Minister Maxim Oreshkin that litigation over the […]
Responding to reports that the Trump Administration is weighing tariffs on aluminium imports from Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said yesterday that his country’s aluminium producers have complied fully with the current deal in place between the two governments. In comments to reporters in the Solomon Islands, Morrison defended his country’s aluminium exporters, saying they […]
The Trump Administration’s Section 232 tariffs on aluminium have cost the beer industry dearly, leading to the loss of 40,000 jobs through the end of last year. Such was the message conveyed in a report released by the Beer Institute and National Beer Wholesalers Association earlier this week. Commenting to The Hill on its release, […]
The governments of the United States, Canada, and Mexico concluded 14 months of trade tensions on Friday with the announcement of deals to eliminate the Section 232 blanket tariffs on aluminium and steel imposed by the Trump Administration over a year ago. The new agreements, which do not impose import quotas on aluminium and steel, […]
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 ...
2020 was supposed to be “year of climate action”, with the Glasgow COP26 acting as a major milestone for both ...
Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders ...
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...