Tag: Aluminum

  • Alu Panel Probe

    Commerce opens a circumvention inquiry into Chinese aluminum composite panels, asking whether a thin plastic core is enough to escape duties that have stood since 2019 WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2026 The U.S. Department of Commerce has opened a circumvention inquiry into aluminum composite panels produced in China, a step that could pull a widely used…

  • Iowa Steel Bet

    A $15 billion Mesabi Metallics mill in Lee County becomes the administration’s showcase for 50 percent Section 232 duties, though the first coil will not be rolled until 2030 WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2026 President Donald Trump used an Oval Office event on Sept. 28 to announce a steel project his administration is presenting as the…

  • India Foil Duty

    Directorate General of Trade Remedies recommends a five-year extension of anti-dumping duties on Chinese flat-rolled aluminium and on aluminium foil from China, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia NEW DELHI, September 23, 2026 India’s Directorate General of Trade Remedies has recommended extending anti-dumping duties on flat-rolled aluminium products from China and on aluminium foil from China, Thailand,…

  • CBAM Goes Wide

    European Parliament votes to pull hundreds of downstream steel and aluminium goods into the carbon border levy, and Europe’s metals supply chain says the fix is still only half built BRUSSELS, 19 September 2026 – Europe’s carbon border tariff is about to stop being a raw materials instrument. On 15 September the European Parliament voted…

  • Carney’s $7.5B

    Ottawa tops up its tariff response fund on the eve of the fall parliamentary sitting, pushing committed support past C$32 billion and signalling that Canada is settling in for a long trade war rather than rushing back to the table. OTTAWA, Sept. 20, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney committed an additional C$7.5 billion to shielding…

  • EU Widens CBAM

    European Parliament votes to extend the carbon border levy from raw steel and aluminium into 457 finished and semi-finished product categories, pushing the bloc’s carbon tariff deep into fasteners, wire, springs and household goods STRASBOURG, September 17, 2026. The European Parliament has voted to extend the European Union’s carbon border levy to 457 downstream product…

  • Scrap Duty Off

    Brussels shelved a planned 15 percent export levy on aluminium scrap days before it was due, choosing a waste shipment ban instead and drawing a furious letter from the European aluminium industry as trade officials met on the wider metals file. Brussels, 16 September 2026 The European Commission’s decision to abandon a planned 15 percent…

  • Duty Stack Hits

    Washington’s revised Section 338 proclamations took force on September 15, layering 50 per cent duties on top of existing Section 232 metals tariffs for the first time and pushing the combined additional rate on some Canadian steel and aluminum structural goods to 75 per cent. Motorboats, furniture, lighting and printing paper joined the list. Cement,…

  • Duties Stack Up

    Revised U.S. Section 338 tariff lists take effect today, adding Canadian cheese, structural steel, aluminum, furniture and ATVs while dropping road salt and cement, and for the first time letting 50 per cent duties stack on top of Section 232 metals tariffs Ottawa, September 15, 2026 | Peacock Tariff Consulting Canada Trade Desk As of…

  • EU Scrap U-Turn

    Brussels abandons its planned 15 percent export duty on aluminium scrap after pressure linked to the India trade deal, leaving Europe’s smelters furious and forcing the bloc to reach for environmental waste rules instead. BRUSSELS, Sept. 14, 2026 The European Commission has abandoned its long-promised export duty on aluminium scrap, shelving a measure that Europe’s…