Manufacturing expansions, Airbus developments, low recycling rates, and more

As we kick off a new year, let’s get a refresher course on what happened last month.

The American Trailer Manufacturers Coalition has filed broad antidumping and countervailing duty petitions covering not only van-type trailers and semi-trailers used to transport goods, but other non-van-type trailers/semi-trailers as well as parts and subassemblies. These would would apply on top of existing Section 232 derivative tariffs, including the 50% duty rate on the aluminum content contained within van-type trailers.