Trade Issues
Steel-related trade disputes and actions, including antidumping and countervailing duty orders.
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US, EU Plan Talks on Steel Tariffs, Excess Steel Capacity
18 May 2021 - The United States and the European Union are opening discussions on combating excess steel capacity and ending America’s Section 232 tariffs on steel imports from the European Union.
Section 232 Tariffs Should Stay, Argues Economic Think Tank
24 March 2021 - The global steel overcapacity problem should be fixed through some sort of a multi-lateral solution, but until one is reached, the U.S. should keep its Section 232 tariffs in place, according to the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.
U.S. Steel Tariffs Survive Another Challenge
05 February 2021 - The U.S. Court of International Trade has upheld the Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs, ruling against a group of steel users who argued that the way the tariffs were imposed was flawed, reports the Reuters news service.
Mexico Promises to Watch U.S. Electrical Steel Exports
05 November 2020 - Mexico will begin to closely monitor exports of electrical transformer laminations and cores under an agreement with the U.S.
Trump Tightens Up Restrictions on Brazilian Steel Imports
02 September 2020 - U.S. President Donald Trump is lowering the limits on Brazilian steel imports, reports the Reuters news service.
Commerce Department Affirms Circumvention Ruling in CORE Case
09 July 2020 - The U.S. Department of Commerce has issued affirmative rulings in circumvention cases involving steel sheet made and in China and shipped elsewhere for final processing.
EU Steel Producers Disappointed by Decision on Safeguard Measure Revisions
01 July 2020 - The European Steel Association and the IndustriAll European trade union have called for an emergency meeting with EU policy makers after the bloc’s governing body declined to lower limits on steel imports.
Supreme Court Passes on Section 232 Challenge
23 June 2020 - The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge to President Donald Trump’s Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, an action that leaves the controversial tariffs in place.
EU Steelmakers Push for Lower Import Limits
08 June 2020 - Europe’s leading steelmakers are calling on the European Commission to lower the limit on the amount of steel that can be imported tariff-free into the bloc, saying that a potential flood of inexpensive steel threatens an already imperiled industry.
Commerce Department Launches Circumvention Inquiry
14 May 2020 - The U.S. Commerce Department is self-initiating an inquiry into whether traders are circumventing duties on Chinese-made stainless sheet and strip by routing it through Vietnam.
ArcelorMittal: China’s Excess Steel Inventory Hasn’t Hit the World Market
11 May 2020 - China so far appears to be absorbing the massive steel volumes that piled up during its COVID-19 lockdown, alleviating some of the fears that its excess steel would flood world markets, ArcelorMittal executives said.
GOES Transformer Components Focus of New Section 232 Investigation
06 May 2020 - The U.S. Commerce Department will investigate whether imports of transformer laminations and wound cores pose a national security risk to the U.S.
Coronavirus Intensifies Debate Over EU Steel Import Limits
01 May 2020 - The coronavirus pandemic has changed the backdrop of the debate over the EU’s steel import safeguard measures and will raise the stakes in a review of the measure’s import limits, reports the Bloomberg news service.
EUROFER Seeks More Stringent Import Measures
06 April 2020 - The European Steel Association (EUROFER) is calling on the European Commission to tighten steel import safeguard measures as the new coronavirus wipes out demand, reports Kallanish Commodities.
Citing Section 232 Tariffs, ATI Joint Venture Idles Finishing Mill
01 April 2020 - With no relief from the Section 232 tariffs in sight, Allegheny Technologies Inc. (ATI) will idle its Direct Roll Anneal and Pickle plant in Midland, Pa., USA, by the end of June.
USMCA Clears Canadian Parliament, U.S. Targets June Implementation
18 March 2020 - Canada’s parliament has ratified the U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement, officially bringing all of North America into the replacement NAFTA deal.
U.S. Steel Production So Far Unaffected by Virus, Mills Say
16 March 2020 - At least as of the end of last week, the coronavirus pandemic hadn’t yet impacted U.S. steel production, mill operators told S&P Global Platts.
EU to Re-Examine Protection Measure Against Steel Imports
14 February 2020 - The European Commission is undertaking another review of its safeguard measure against steel imports.
U.S. Steelmakers Hail USMCA Signing
29 January 2020 - President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), calling it a victory for workers, farmers and manufacturers alike.
Trump Adds to List of Products Subject to Section 232 Tariff
29 January 2020 - U.S. President Donald Trump has expanded the Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs to include certain downstream steel products, saying that imports of those items are undermining the intent of the original protections.
