A recent article by CBC in Canada highlights the mess that has resulted from the imposition of steel and aluminum tariffs between the U.S. and Canada. Need buying strategies for steel? Request your two-month free trial of MetalMiner’s Outlook It is fair to say the same mess is almost certainly prevailing on the U.S. side […]
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Where is the Next Economic Crisis Coming From?
Be assured there will be a next crisis — there always is, sooner or later. It is the nature of economic cycles that markets get out of balance and have to readjust. That sounds like rather a benign process, but of course we all know there is plenty of pain and many casualties when it […]
Africa Bucks the Trend with New Continentwide Free Trade Agreement
Just when the idea of free trade agreements (FTA) appears firmly out of vogue, 44 countries got together and signed a continentwide FTA agreement last week. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook All 55 members of the African Union (AU) were involved in the negotiations around the Continental Free […]
Podcast Ep. 4: What the USS Gabrielle Giffords Means to the Aluminum Industry
Now that the New Year has begun, we’re getting ever closer (hopefully) to the Commerce Department’s final recommendations on the Section 232 investigation. Today we continue our podcast series that we’re calling “Manufacturing Trade Policy Confidential,” in which we turn our focus to the aluminum industry. Our guest is Heidi Brock, the president and CEO […]
What the USS Gabrielle Giffords Means to the Aluminum Industry
“I just can’t tell you what an amazing experience it was,” says Heidi Brock, president and CEO of the Aluminum Association, about touring the newly commissioned USS Gabrielle Giffords in California. Hear more on what a strong domestic aluminum sector has to do with national security, and how the industry views other hot trade issues of the moment and why, in Part 4 of our series, “Manufacturing Trade Policy Confidential.” Listen in to the full conversation.
