21 Jul 2017 - The U.S. Department of Commerce on Friday set final antidumping margins of 3.5% on imported rebar from Taiwan.
18 Jul 2017 - U.S. President Donald Trump is being warned that he could wind up instigating a trade war and upending the global trading system if he imposes restrictions on steel imports in the name of national security, reports The Hill newspaper.
13 Jul 2017 - U.S. President Donald Trump said he might impose both tariffs and quotas on steel imports to keep volumes of foreign steel in check.
12 Jul 2017 - A group of economists who all served as U.S. presidential advisers are warning that new restrictions on imported steel could harm relationships with allies and damage the economy.
11 Jul 2017 - The European Union’s first-quarter apparent steel consumption rose 3.1% year-over-year and is expected to grow through the remainder of 2017, but U.S. steel trade policies could have “disastrous” consequences, according to EUROFER, the European Steel Association.
07 Jul 2017 - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker reiterated promises that the E.U. would retaliate against the U.S. if it moves to impose new unilateral steel import restrictions.
06 Jul 2017 - With the Group of 20 summit set to begin Friday in Germany, the European Steel Association is calling on member nations to renew commitments to free and fair trade – and on the U.S. to think carefully about imposing restrictions on European steel imports.
30 Jun 2017 - U.S. President Donald Trump and a few of his advisers are “hell-bent” on imposing steel tariffs, despite the objections of many others in his administration, according to the online publication Axios.
19 Jun 2017 - The U.S. International Trade Commission has cleared the way for the imposition of new tariffs on imported rebar from two countries.
19 Jun 2017 - Some of NATO’s European members are pressing the Trump administration to rethink setting restrictions on steel imports based on national security concerns, reports the (London) Financial Times.