Yesterday, President Biden called for increasing tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum, as well as addressing problems related to transshipment of Chinese steel and aluminum through Mexico.

The Mexican government announced last month that it will raise tariff rates for a number of products. This tariff increase is applicable to all nations that do not have a trade agreement with Mexico, and China falls into this category. As a result, this move will have an impact on

Reports suggest that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has taken recent actions against imports of aluminum from the Xinjiang region, although the import volumes affected are likely to be small.

Last week, the European Commission issued a decision extending anti-dumping measures on aluminum road wheels from China. As part of its normal value calculation in the decision, the Commission looked at the role of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in company management.

On Friday, a WTO panel issued its findings in respect of complaints brought by China and three other governments against the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, and continued by the Biden administration, on imports of certain imported steel and aluminum, on the basis of "security" concerns. The

A report from yesterday indicates that the Biden administration is pressing the European Union to agree to a plan that would impose tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum, from China and elsewhere, if it has high carbon emissions and constitutes "non-market" production leading to overcapacity. Such a

Six California companies were ordered by a U.S. District Court Judge to pay $1.83 billion in restitution because of a scheme to conduct sham sales designed to avoid customs duties and inflate the value a Chinese company.