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Trump steel tariffs

Community February 10, 2025

Responding to US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a 25% tariff on steel and aluminium products, Alasdair McDiarmid, Community’s Assistant General Secretary, said:

“The new tariff confirmed by Donald Trump is a huge cause for concern, and represents a retrograde step for the steel industry and economies on both sides of the Atlantic.

“At a time of uncertainty for the sector, a punitive new tariff on UK steel exports is hugely damaging and threatens jobs. For the US it is also self-defeating, as the UK is a leading supplier of specialist steel products required by their defence and aerospace sectors.

“Again, this just reinforces the need for a strong UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and for robust new measures to be put in place when existing safeguards expire to shield our steel sector from a surge in cheap imports.”

 

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