Aluminium International Today

Latest issue: March/April 2025

“And very simply, it’s, if they charge us, we charge them,” - Donald J. Trump, 47th President of the United States.

On the second Sunday of February 2025, Donald J. Trump proposed 25% tariffs on all aluminium and steel imports to the US. At the time that this comment was written, details on these tariffs were not disclosed.

Over the last five years, the aluminium industry has faced numerous challenges: bouncing back after Covid-19, navigating rising energy and raw material costs; adapting to geopolitical conflicts and the resulting sanctions, meeting the increasing environmental and sustainability demands, etc.

The aluminium industry could do with less complications - but are these tariffs totally unexpected?

As Lauren Roberts Fastmarkets notes, “’Tariff’ has quickly become the word of the moment”. In this issue, experts from Fastmarkets, CRU and DTE comment on the Trump administration and potential impact.

One key takeaway from these tariffs is that countries are striving to protect their own industries and economic growth. So, how has…