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...
Indian media reported yesterday that the United States government is amenable to granting the country’s aluminium smelters a conditional waiver...
The Trump administration’s blanket tariffs on aluminium and steel may make Indian exports of the same significantly less competitive compared...
Sources from within the Indian government indicate that it will not entertain the notion of exchanging blanket tariffs on aluminium...
North American trade group the Aluminum Association published an open letter to the Trump administration on Monday calling on U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer to use the occasion of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiations to press for quota-free exemptions on aluminium imports from Canada and Mexico. The letter, penned by Aluminum Association […]
The Trump administration’s actions on aluminium tariffs and sanctions on Rusal notwithstanding, the United States aluminium sector continues to be structurally stunted. So said Vedanta’s chief sales and marketing officer Jean-Baptiste Lucas in an interview with Metal Bulletin last week. Lucas continued by noting that the moves have made imports of the metal significantly more […]
Sources in Washington, D.C. say that United States trade officials are pushing for neighbors Canada and Mexico to agree to quotas on aluminium and steel in exchange for dropping blanket tariffs. According to unnamed sources claiming knowledge of the matter who spoke with Reuters on Tuesday, tariffs on metals were not initially a subject for […]
United States President Donald Trump issued orders to relax the steel and aluminium quotas placed upon certain countries on Wednesday according to the U.S. Commerce Department. The Commerce Department’s release explained that its head, Secretary Wilbur Ross, has been granted the power to relax quotas on aluminium from Argentina and on steel from the Republic […]
The Turkish government said last week that it will challenge the doubling of aluminium and steel tariffs on shipments from its producers at the World Trade Organization. Turkey’s trade minister Ruhsar Pekcan revealed in comments in Ankara last week that the government has already sent the ball rolling with the global trade body. “Turkey has […]
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 ...
