August 14: Canada considers Safeguard measures (tariffs) on Steel plate, Hot-rolled sheet, Pre-painted steel, Energy tubular products, Wire rod, Concrete reinforcing bar and Stainless steel wire. The Canadian Department of Finance is accepting comments through August 29th.
August 13: The US raised the tariff on imports of Turkish Steel to 50%, related to the house arrest of American Pastor Andres Brunson. Turkey announced a retaliatory tariffs on US goods, including increasing tariffs by 120% on autos, 140% on alcohol and 50% on rice among others.
Product Exclusion Requests continue to be posted in large numbers. There are currently 36,438 postings to the Commerce Department website (at 3:30 pm Aug 17). AWPA keeps a running List of Bar, Rod and Wire Product Exclusion Requests and Decisions along with a list of related Objections on the AWPA website. See the article below for some ‘point in time’ data.
