President Donald Trump has signed two new proclamations to restore and strengthen the Section 232 tariffs he boldly ...
The proclamations include what White House officials called a “Melt and Pour” standard for steel in North American, and a “Smelt and Cast” standard for aluminum in North America ...
The weight and cost of shipping steel and aluminum have always given domestic producers something of an edge on import sources. American steel mills produce about three times as much steel as is ...
The president imposed a 25 percent tariff on global metals, repeating a move from his first term. Economists and foreign governments know what will come next. By Ana Swanson Ana Swanson has ...
Targeted products include steel, aluminum, Harley Davidson motorcycles, American whiskey, Florida orange juice and ketchup. The government deliberately targets products with large manufacturing ...
The latest plan carries echoes of the president’s first administration, when steel and aluminum imports were subjected to tariff hikes following years of complaints from American companies and ...
Trump also will impose a new North American standard requiring steel imports to be “melted and poured” and aluminum to be “smelted and cast” in the region to curb imports of minimally ...
Although the American steel and aluminum industries are far weaker than they were in their heyday in the 1970s, U.S. companies import only about 26 percent of the steel they use, according to the ...
President Trump’s decision to close existing loopholes and exemptions will strengthen the American steel and aluminum industries. In his first term, President Trump imposed Section 232 tariffs ...