25 Mar 2019 - The U.S. Court of International Trade has rejected a challenge to the Trump administration’s Section 232 steel tariffs, reports Politico.
14 Mar 2019 - The U.S. is looking to lift the Section 232 tariffs on Canadian and Mexican steel and aluminum, a Trump administration official told a Senate committee, the Reuters news service reports.
07 Mar 2019 - China’s northern steelmaking province of Hebei plans to lop 14 million metric tons of capacity this year and next in a bid to improve air quality, reports the Reuters news service.
25 Feb 2019 - White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow says he has begun an effort to lift the Section 232 tariffs on Mexican and Canadian steel and aluminum, reports the Bloomberg news service.
25 Feb 2019 - If the Trump administration doesn’t drop the Section 232 tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum, Canada’s government might delay ratification of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, the CBC reports.
18 Feb 2019 - The U.S. Department of Commerce has sent the results of its Section 232 investigation into automotive imports to President Donald Trump.
14 Feb 2019 - Mexico and Canada won’t ratify the new United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA) unless the Trump administration lifts the Section 232 tariffs on Canadian and Mexican steel and aluminum, according to Senate Finance Chairman Charles E. Grassley.
05 Feb 2019 - A no-deal exit from the European Union has the potential disrupt nearly one-third of the United Kingdom’s steel production and would add significant costs for producers there, warns the UK Steel trade association.
31 Jan 2019 - President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that strengthens Buy American preferences for infrastructure projects.
25 Jan 2019 - U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb, a Pennsylvania Democrat serving the Pittsburgh region, has been named chairman of the Congressional Steel Caucus.