Archiv: steel


11.08.2018 - 08:17 [ Donald J. Trump, Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten ( Twitter ]

I have just authorized a doubling of Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum with respect to Turkey as their currency, the Turkish Lira, slides rapidly downward against our very strong Dollar!

Aluminum will now be 20% and Steel 50%. Our relations with Turkey are not good at this time!

22.07.2018 - 14:31 [ businesslive.co.za ]

Russia and Kazakhstan cut Iran steel sales

(17.7.2018) Arcelor „and the likes are cutting trade with Iran because of [US President] Donald Trump’s pressure on big companies“, an Iranian trader said. Alex Agoureev, an adviser to Paramjit Kahlon, CEO of ArcelorMittal CIS, confirmed that the company planned to suspend supplies to Iran due to the US sanctions.

„Supplies to Iran will be temporarily suspended due to the sanctions. Once sanctions are lifted, the supplies will be resumed,“ Agoureev said.

31.05.2018 - 19:07 [ Reuters ]

U.S. hits EU, Canada and Mexico with steel, aluminum tariffs

U.S Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told reporters on a telephone briefing that a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports from the EU, Canada and Mexico would go into effect at midnight (0400 GMT on Friday).

29.03.2018 - 10:03 [ Fox News ]

Kucinich Praises Trump‘s Tariffs: ‚We‘ve Ended Up Being the Suckers of the World‘

(10.3.2018) On „Fox & Friends“ on Saturday morning, Kucinich, who‘s running for governor in Ohio, explained that steel has a $7.2 billion impact on The Buckeye State‘s economy, with 100,000 jobs directly or indirectly connected to steel production.

„This is an important moment,“ Kucinich said. „Ohio‘s lost so many jobs because of these bad trade agreements. Finally, we‘re seeing a correction here.”