USMCA’s Success Requires Strong Enforcement: Aluminum Association
The Aluminum Association lauded the work done so far by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, White House Director of Trade and...
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Commerce Department Opens To Public Input On Section 232 Exclusion Process
The United States Commerce Department is seeking input into ways to streamline the exclusion process for tariffs and quotas on aluminium and steel imposed by the Trump Administration in 2018. The department’s Bureau of Industry and Security opened commentary today and will...
Molson Coors Calls Upon U.S. Regulators To Investigate Midwest Premium
One of the world’s top beer brewers is appealing to the United States government to investigate the method for establishing...
India’s Government Again Postpones Retaliatory Tariffs As Talks On Section 232 Continue
India’s government has again delayed enacting retaliatory tariffs against United States goods, pushing back the first possible date for the...
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Mexico’s Economy Secretary Asks U.S. Government For Exemption From Section 232 Aluminium And Steel Tariffs
The Mexican government formally requested relief from the Section 232 tariffs on aluminium and steel from the United States government late last week according to the country’s economic secretary. Secretary of the Economy Graciela Marquez Colin said Monday that she made the request of U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross in the course of the […]
USITC Levies Final Import Duties Of Up To 176.2 Percent On Chinese Aluminium Sheet
For the first time in over three decades, the United States issued final duties in a trade case it self-initiated when the U.S. Commerce Department imposed final anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties of 96.3 percent to 176.2 percent on common alloy aluminium sheet products imported from the People’s Republic of China on Wednesday. “We will continue […]
Agreement With U.S. On Aluminium And Steel Tariffs Likely Next Year: UAE Economy Minister
United Arab Emirates’ Minister of Economy told local media on Tuesday that his government may reach an accord next year with the United States over the Trump administration’s Section 232 tariffs on aluminium and steel. Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri said he expected an agreement in 2019, which will be the product of talks initiated […]
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 administration’s Section 232 tariffs on aluminium and steel will remain in place for the foreseeable future. “There are problems specific to steel and aluminum relating to our national defense, and at this point of time, […]
Trump Administration Loosens Aluminium And Steel Quotas For Three Countries
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 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 businesses and policymakers to accelerate decarbonization efforts. However, with COVID-19 disrupting lives and economies in an unprecedented manner, countries across the globe ...
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 ...
Aluminium of Greece (AOG): is the Pechiney spirit still alive?
Between September 24-25, FastmarketsMB organized its annual aluminium conference in Athens. A day before the conference, in accordance with an ...
