Trade Issues
Steel-related trade disputes and actions, including antidumping and countervailing duty orders.
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U.S. Steelmakers Cheer Senate Ratification of USMCA
16 January 2020 - The U.S. steel industry is applauding the passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), saying the new trade deal would promote investment and ensure that more steel is made within North America.
Report: Trump Won’t Put Tariff on Brazilian Steel
23 December 2019 - The Trump administration won’t impose a 25% tariff on Brazilian steel and aluminum, the country’s president has said, according to The Hill newspaper.
Trump Promises Section 232 Tariff on Brazilian, Argentinian Steel
02 December 2019 - Accusing Brazil and Argentina of currency manipulation, President Donald Trump on Monday said he would reinstate Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum from those countries, according to reports.
EU Suspects Chinese Circumvention of Anti-Dumping Measure
27 November 2019 - The European Commission has launched an inquiry into whether Chinese exporters are circumventing anti-dumping duties on corrosion-resistant steel.
Leaning Into Market Headwinds, Tata Steel Europe Proposes Major Restructuring
19 November 2019 - Tata Steel Europe plans to eliminate up to 3,000 jobs and boost sales of higher-value steels part of a broad restructuring brought about by a soggy European market.
EU Opens New Trade Investigation Into Hot-Rolled Stainless Coil
11 October 2019 - The European Commission has initiated an anti-subsidy investigation into hot-rolled stainless sheet and coil from two countries and has imposed duties on a different steel product.
U.S. Proposes New Duties on Mexican, Chinese Structural Steel Imports
05 September 2019 - The U.S. Commerce Department has set tentative anti-dumping duties of up to 141.3% on fabricated structural steel from China and up to 30.6% on the same products from Mexico, ruling that producers in those countries were dumping product and undercutting domestic prices.
EU Countries Approve Steel Safeguard Revisions
04 September 2019 - European Union governments have OK'd tighter restrictions on steel imports, lowering the threshold at which 25% duty on certain grades applies, the Reuters news service reports.
U.S. Government Opens Coated-Sheet Inquiry
15 August 2019 - The U.S. Commerce Department has self-initiated a circumvention inquiry into imports of corrosion-resistant sheet made in China or Taiwan, but finished in one of five countries.
ArcelorMittal Reconsiders Hot End Idling at Polish Mill
29 July 2019 - ArcelorMittal Poland said it will postpone the planned idling of the Krakow plant’s hot end as it re-evaluates its plans.
Commerce Department Puts New Tariffs on Certain Fabricated Construction Steels
09 July 2019 - The U.S. Commerce Department has set anti-subsidy duties on fabricated structural steel from China and Mexico.
U.S. Sets Preliminary Anti-Circumvention Duty on Certain Vietnamese Steels
08 July 2019 - The U.S. Department of Commerce is imposing new duties on certain cold-rolled and corrosion-resistant steels from Vietnam, arguing that exporters are trying to circumvent fair trade measures by routing substrate from Korea and Taiwan through Vietnam.
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Section 232 Challenge ... Yet
24 June 2019 - The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to immediately hear a challenge to President Donald Trump’s Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs, ending a trade association’s effort to fast-track the case, but not the case itself.
Mittal: EU Must Take Further Measures in Wake of Steel Tariffs
13 June 2019 - ArcelorMittal chief executive Lakshmi Mittal says the European Union needs to further protect the domestic steel market from imports that are being deflected by U.S. President Donald Trump’s steel tariffs.
Citing Softening Demand, ArcelorMittal Furloughs Italian Workers
06 June 2019 - ArcelorMittal Italia is temporarily laying off approximately 1,400 workers amid weakening demand and heightened competition from imported steel, the company has announced.
Lifting Steel Tariffs Necessitates Continued Vigilance, SMA Says
20 May 2019 - The Steel Manufacturers Association hopes that the removal of the Section 232 tariffs on Canadian and Mexican steel will clear the way for a new North American free trade agreement, but said that close monitoring of steel imports is still needed.
U.S. Nears Resolution to 232 Tariff Dispute With Canada, Mexico
15 May 2019 - U.S. negotiators are coming close to an agreement with Mexico and Canada on the Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs, according to reports.
Report: U.S. Officials Might Be Close to Canada Deal on Section 232 Tariffs
14 May 2019 - American and Canadian officials could be closing in on an agreement that would lift the Section 232 tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum, according to Politico.
EUROFER: Imports, Soft Demand Forecast Pressure European Steelmakers
08 May 2019 - EU steelmakers are being squeezed as a safeguard measure has been ineffective in stopping a wave of imported steel deflected from the U.S. market, reports the European Steel Association.
U. S. Steel CEO: Section 232 Tariffs Are Helping, but Challenges Remain for Steel
07 May 2019 - The Section 232 steel tariffs are helping U.S. producers to recover from the damage caused by unfairly traded imports and are allowing them to make critical re-investments, United States Steel Corporation president and chief executive David Burritt said Tuesday.
