Contributor: Matt Aboud

The USMCA partners have recently started to align their trade actions more closely but there are some inconsistencies between the countries.

Once a duty or tariff is created, some individuals will always try to find ways to circumvent it.

With an annual demand in excess of 25 billion pounds, the U.S. imports nearly 10 billion pounds of primary aluminum from foreign sources. Major exporters to the U.S. have recently seen their trade disrupted or even fully stopped.