Blanket tariffs on steel and aluminum imported into the U.S. are likely to keep driving up domestic metal prices that have already been on a tear…
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NEW YORK TIMES: Wall St., Rattled by Fears of Trade War Has Rocky Open Before Gaining Ground
March 2, 2018
After slipping early, stocks gained back ground on Friday, as banks and tech firms cut losses and pulled broader indexes higher…
CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER: President Trump says he will order 25 percent tariffs on steel imports
March 1, 2018
President Donald Trump said today he will impose an import tax, or tariffs, of 25 percent on foreign steel brought into the United States…
NEW YORK TIMES: Trump to Impose Stiff and Sweeping Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum
March 1, 2018
President Trump said on Thursday that he would impose stiff tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum, making good on a key campaign promise and rattling stock markets as the prospect of a global trade fight appeared imminent…
THE HILL: Defying GOP, Trump to impose steep tariffs on steel, aluminum next week
March 1, 2018
President Trump said Thursday that he will impose steep tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from around the world next week, defying Republican lawmakers who have pushed back against the move…
FINANCIAL TIMES: Thousands of jobs at risk over tariffs, US manufacturers warn
March 1, 2018
Thousands of jobs could be lost in US manufacturing because of President Donald Trump’s plan to impose new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, industry groups warned on Thursday…
AMERICAN METAL MARKET: Steel mixed on 232, prices seen rising
March 1, 2018
Steel industry participants had mixed reactions to President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States will impose tariffs of 25% on steel product imports next week, with many anticipating higher prices as a result…
PLATTS: End-users warn steel tariffs will lead to US job loss, retaliation
March 1, 2018
While the US steel production industry was cheering a planned 25% tariff on steel imports announced by President Donald Trump Thursday, downstream manufacturers cautioned that such restrictive measures could lead to the US losing more jobs than it will save in steel…
NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES: UPDATE: Trump says he will impose across-the-board steel tariffs of 25 percent
March 1, 2018
President Donald Trump told steel executives Thursday he plans to impose 25 percent tariffs on foreign-made steel across the board after a Section 232 investigation found elevated levels of imports threatened America's steel industry and national security…
GLOBAL TRADE: BREAKING NEWS: Trump says he will hit steel and aluminum with tariffs
March 1, 2018
After some back and forth over whether today would be the day, President Donald Trump said that we would impose global tariffs on steel and aluminum imports into the United States…
WASHINGTON POST: Trump announces steel and aluminum tariffs Thursday over objections from advisers and Republicans
March 1, 2018
President Trump on Thursday said he has decided to impose punishing tariffs on imported steel and aluminum in a major escalation of his trade offensive, disappointing Republican congressional leaders and inviting retaliation by U.S. trading partners…
TIME: President Trump Wants to Impose Tariffs. Here’s What Went Wrong the Last Time
March 1, 2018
President Trump told business executives gathered at the White House Thursday that he would impose tariffs on steel and aluminum next week. “You’ll have protection for a long time in a while,” he said. “You’ll have to regrow your industries, that’s all I’m asking.”…
WORLD TRADE ONLINE: Broad industry coalition warns against all Section 232 steel and aluminum remedy options
February 28, 2018
A wide-ranging group of industry associations is making a last-minute appeal to the president to avoid “overly broad” remedies on imports of steel and aluminum…
POLITICO MORNING TRADE: Republicans warn Trump on tariffs [Letter mention]
February 28, 2018
As President Donald Trump mulls whether to slap tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports and take other action aimed specifically at China, Republicans are stepping forward to warn those moves could backfire on the United States if the White House is not careful…
HERITAGE FOUNDATION: Tariffs on Steel Will Hurt Steel Using Industries in the U.S.
February 27, 2018
In January, the Department of Commerce delivered a report to the president on the effects of steel imports on U.S. national security….
R-STREET INSTITUTE: Steel protectionism may start a trade war if Trump isn’t careful
February 26, 2018
In the wake of a long-awaited Commerce Department report finding that imported steel jeopardizes national security, it now falls on President Trump whether to invoke the enormous powers granted him under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to impose the department’s recommended remedies of tariffs and quotas…
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: What Would A Steel Tariff Mean For Manufacturers
February 26, 2018
With President Donald Trump announcing that he will sign an order next week imposing a 25% tariff on steel imports and a 10% tariff on imported aluminum, U.S. manufacturers are contemplating how it could impact their materials sourcing and supply chains…
CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER: If Trump helps steel mills, other Ohio companies say they'll be hurt
February 23, 2018
Sen. Sherrod Brown this week invited President Donald Trump to come to Ohio. He sent a letter saying he wants the president to "see the devastation of unfair, cheap foreign steel imports on Ohio steel mills and steelworkers."…
NPR: Trump Trade Action Could Boost Steel and Aluminum Makers, Hurt Other Industries
February 23, 2018
As the Trump administration sees it, U.S. steel and aluminum industries are in crisis, rapidly losing ground to foreign competitors and hemorrhaging jobs along the way…
- December 12, 2022 - CAMMU Statement on WTO Ruling Against U.S. on Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariffs
- July 20, 2022 - U.S. Manufacturers Testify at USITC on Negative Economic Impact of
Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariffs - May 9, 2022 - CAMMU Statement on U.S. Suspension of Steel Tariffs on Ukraine
- March 23, 2022 - CAMMU Statement on United States-United Kingdom Agreement on Steel and Aluminum
- February 8, 2022 - CAMMU Statement on US-Japan Agreement on Steel Tariffs
- October 31, 2021 - CAMMU Statement on US-EU Agreement on Steel and Aluminum Tariffs
- October 1, 2021 - On Manufacturing Day 2021: U.S. Manufacturers Face Continued Steel Shortages As Price Gap Widens with Rest of World
- September 1, 2021 - Time to End the Section 232 Tariffs: Steel Price Gap Widens Between U.S. and Rest of World
- June 15, 2021 - Coalition Statement on U.S.-EU Summit
- June 9, 2021 - More than 30 U.S. Trade Associations Request Termination of 232 Steel Tariffs, Adding to Momentum to End Trump-era Trade Barriers
- May 6, 2021 - Hundreds of U.S. Manufacturing Companies Ask President Biden to Terminate Section 232 Steel & Aluminum Tariffs
- March 15, 2021 - U.S. Metal Manufacturers and Users to Secretary Raimondo: Data Show Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariffs Hurt American Companies
- February 10, 2021 - Coalition Letter to President Biden Requesting Immediate Termination of the Section 232 Tariffs
- August 7, 2020 - Coalition Statement on Section 232 Aluminum Tariffs on Canada
- July 7, 2020 - Coalition Comments on Section 232 Exclusion Process
- June 26, 2020 - U.S. Metal Manufacturers to President Trump: No New Aluminum Tariffs on Canada
- March 25, 2020 - Metal Manufacturers to President Trump: End Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariffs Immediately
- September 3, 2019 - Section 232 Steel Tariffs: The consequences of encouraging the government to tax your customers
- June 3, 2019 - Statement on the One Year Anniversary of Full Implementation of Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariffs
- January 30, 2019 - Coalition Statement on Bicameral Trade Authority Act
- November 13, 2018 - Coalition Comments on BIS Interim Final Rule
- August 14, 2018 - Coalition Statement in Response to CPA Jobs Estimate
- July 11, 2018 - Coalition Statement on Senate Vote to Reassert Congressional Authority on Section 232 Tariffs
- May 31, 2018 - Coalition Statement on Steel and Aluminum Tariffs on the EU, Canada and Mexico
- May 8, 2018 - Coalition Statement on Walorski-Kind Letter
- May 1, 2018 - Coalition Statement
- Coalition Press Release