Section 232 tariffs on copper: Based on steel and aluminium – Stainless Espresso

Aug 1, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

1 August 2025 – The tariffs on copper introduced under Section 232 affect products that are based on the previous measures for steel and aluminium. Special EU-US deal on steel and aluminium tariffs unlikely. Northern European stainless steel manufacturer reports...

Copper imports now also affected by US Section 232 tariffs – Stainless Espresso

Jul 31, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

31 July 2025 – On Thursday, the results of the Section 232 investigation into copper imports into the United States were announced. Some of the results were significantly different than expected. US tariff dispute: A deal for South Korea and two new punitive...

France calls on EU to take action on steel – Stainless Espresso

Jul 30, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

30 July 2025 – EU member state France has called on the European Commission to find a successor to the EU safeguard measure on steel and would like to turn back the clock on steel with unrealistic expectations. Commodity prices are trending sideways. US...

Europe turns steel into a polemical red herring topic – Stainless Espresso

Jul 29, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

29 July 2025 – What do the EU Trade Commissioner, the Prime Minister of Saarland and the German Tagesschau news programme have in common? When it comes to steel, they either display fundamental ignorance, have mental lapses or deliberately spread polemical red...

EU-US tariff dispute: An expensive deal for the European Union – Stainless Espresso

Jul 28, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

28 July 2025 – In the end, the head of all Brussels EU bureaucrats had to step in herself to reach a deal in Scotland in the tariff dispute with US President Donald Trump, which appears to have been quite expensive for the EU overall. Asian commodity prices...