WTO Trouble For US as India Files Complaint Over Aluminium and Steel Derivatives
According to reports, India is invoking the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO’s) safeguard agreement against American authorities over the Trump administration’s...
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Aluminum Extruders Council Calls For End To Trump Section 232 Tariffs
The Aluminum Extruders Council yesterday called upon the Trump Administration to end Section 232 tariffs on imported aluminium, noting the damage the penalties they say were misapplied has done to the domestic aluminium industry. The AEC began by citing its optimism in...
Tariffs On Brazil Aluminium Imports Still A Possibility: Trump
Though praising the country’s executive, United States President Donald Trump did not indicate that he would back down on planned...
Trump Administration Hikes Import Tariffs On Derivative Aluminium And Steel Imports
Tariffs on some imported aluminium and steel products will rise next month after United States President Donald Trump issued a...
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Trump’s Threat Of Tariffs On Brazilian Aluminium And Steel Averted After Phone Call From Bolsonaro
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 a Facebook live video session on Friday by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a […]
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 reimposition of import tariffs on aluminium and steel from producers in Brazil and Argentina. A surprise pre-dawn tweet by the head of the executive branch sent chaos through the ranks of trade officials from both […]
United States Government Lifts Section 232 Aluminium And Steel Tariffs On Mexico And Canada
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, […]
Motor Vehicle Parts Trade Association Calls Upon Trump Administration To Exempt Canada, Mexico From Aluminium Tariffs In New Trade Deal
In an open letter earlier late last week, the top trade association for motor vehicle and mobility suppliers called upon the Trump administration to carve out exemptions from additional tariffs for Mexico and Canada as it continues negotiations on an overarching North American trade deal. The Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) said in the […]
Why Did the Aluminium Price Fall Below US$ 2000?
It’s not surprising when the seasonal slowdown pushes aluminium prices to fall below US$ 2000/tonne in July. But when prices sink at the end of the “mating season” in late October, analysts are rightly worried. Last October for example, the average price for the month was US$ 2130/tonne and was the highest monthly average for […]
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 ...
