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.
16 Jan 2019 - The European Union’s member countries have approved a cap on steel imports, an effort to prevent home markets from being flooded by a wave of foreign steel deflected from the U.S.
09 Jan 2019 - The European Union is to vote next week on whether to make permanent its provisional safeguard measure on steel imports, reports the Reuters news service.
19 Dec 2018 - A Canadian official argues that the Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum contradict a key component of the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement and therefore will, in the end, be lifted.