Category: Trade Policy and Tariffs

A new US aluminum trade group is seeking lower costs on primary metal while backing duties on competing finished imports.

And, of course, AMU Summit coverage, which included topics ranging from prices, primary, data centers, autos and more.

“It's going to take some time to get back to the table."

We had another choppy week in the various markets leading to the Labor Day holidays.

The Canadian retaliatory measures—which include 50% tariffs on US steel and aluminum—came after trade talks between Washington and Ottawa collapsed last month.

The Inola smelter fight now spans state politics and federal policy, while the court case adds new questions over timing and forum.

Bridgnorth Aluminium is expanding beyond the lithographic sheet business it has traditionally been associated with in the US as Lotte, energy storage and data centers open new markets for its thin-gauge products.

Reviving primary aluminum production in the US will need to go hand in hand with revamping domestic energy policy

The heads of the Canadian and US aluminum trade associations are calling on leaders to cool off and return to tariff negotiations.

And there certainly was no shortage of things to talk about. Tariffs, geopolitics, domestic production trends, data center construction, and scrap availability were just some of the topics getting the spotlight.