Canadian Government Not Doing Enough To Protect Dominion’s SME’s From Trump Aluminium Tariffs: MP Ludwig
Canadian elected officials are warning that government programs put into place to protect the dominion’s aluminium and steel firms are...
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US And Norwegian Governments Apply For WTO Dispute Resolution Panel For Section 232 Aluminium And Steel Tariffs
The United States government has filed a request with the World Trade Organization to include a dispute resolution panel in negotiations with the several other governments that have filed complaints with the organization over the Trump Administration’s blanket aluminium and steel tariffs....
Bahrain In High-Level Talks With Trump Administration On Exemption From Aluminium Tariffs
The Kingdom of Bahrain may be close to winning an exemption from the Trump administration’s blanket tariffs on aluminium and...
Despite New Free Trade Deal With United States, Tariffs On Aluminium From Canada And Mexico Remain
Though the governments of the United States, Canada, and Mexico have reached a last-minute accord on free trade, the Trump...
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United States Will Not Grant India Unconditional Pass On Section 232 Aluminium And Steel Tariffs
Despite the specter of retaliatory tariffs on United States products, the Trump administration has chosen not to grant exceptions to the Section 232 blanket aluminium and steel tariffs for producers from India. Assistant United States Trade Representative Mark Linscott spoke with his counterparts in the Indian government earlier this week in an effort at resolving […]
Ford Motors CEO: Trump Tariffs On Aluminium And Steel Will Cost Us US$1 Billion
Automotive manufacturers are feeling the heat from the Trump aluminium and steel tariffs as noted by Ford Motor Company’s CEO James Hackett, who said on Wednesday that his firm is expected to lose approximately US$1 billion to the measures over the next two years. “From Ford’s perspective the metals tariffs took about $1 billion in […]
Trump Tariffs Have Cost The Russian Economy US$600 Million So Far – Economic Minister Oreshkin
According to government estimates, the total damage done to the Russian economy by the Trump administration’s tariffs on aluminium and steel imports is US$600 million to date. Russian Economic Development Minister Maxim Oreshkin revealed the damage estimate in the course of an interview with state media last week. “We have already calculated the damage done […]
India Postpones Retaliatory Tariffs Against United States Goods Due To Pending Deal On Aluminium Exports
Acting on news that the Trump administration is considering an exemption for the country’s smelters to the blanket tariffs on aluminium it implemented earlier this year, the Indian government has decided to again push back the start date of retaliatory customs duties on an array of U.S. imports. The Indian government announced its decision yesterday, […]
United States Willing To Grant Waiver On Aluminium And Steel Tariffs To Indian Producers: Domestic Media
Indian media reported yesterday that the United States government is amenable to granting the country’s aluminium smelters a conditional waiver of the Trump administration’s blanket 10-percent tariffs. Few details were released at the time, but Indian television channel ET NOW broke the story yesterday, which, if true, is the most positive response yet to the […]
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 ...
