Aluminum Trade Body Demands Strong Trade Rules and Easy Access to Metals

Scrap Metal News  |  2025-02-12 12:47:28   |   By

For the above investments to be successful, the industry needs ready and affordable access to metal.

SEATTLE (Scrap Monster):  In a statement released yesterday in reaction to President Trump's announcement of tariffs on aluminum imports from other countries, the Aluminum Association expressed gratitude for the administration's ongoing emphasis on bolstering the domestic aluminum sector in the United States.

In a statement released yesterday in reaction to President Trump's announcement of tariffs on aluminum imports from other countries, the Aluminum Association expressed gratitude for the administration's ongoing emphasis on bolstering the domestic aluminum sector in the United States.

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The industry need easy and reasonably priced access to metal in order for the aforementioned investments to succeed. The United States' smelting capacity is insufficient to provide enough raw materials to the aluminum sector. He called on the Trump administration to take the required steps to ensure that American domestic producers have access to the supply of aluminum metal they require.

The Association also called on the administration to keep doing everything it can at the border to stop unjustly traded aluminum from China and other nations.

Trump had recently ordered a 25% import tax on all steel and aluminium entering the US, ending previous exemptions for Canada and the EU.