USMCA Watch: Closure Not Close as Mexico’s Steel, Aluminum Exports Plummet — Panjiva
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USMCA Watch: Closure Not Close as Mexico’s Steel, Aluminum Exports Plummet

Materials - Metals/Mining 803 Metals - Aluminum 275 Metals - Steel 548 Mexico 931 Tariffs 1878 U.S. 5418 USMCA 462

Steel and aluminum tariffs imposed by the U.S. on Mexican exports are now the main sticking point in ratification of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Mexico’s Undersecretary for North America Jesús Seade has stated “there cannot be a close” of USMCA implementation without removing the tariffs following a meeting with the U.S. government. Mexico’s U.S.-bound exports of steel and aluminum products covered by the duties fell 26.8% year over year in March. That was led by a 36.2% slump in shipments by Tenaris while ArcelorMittal’s dropped 26.8%. Ternium mean...

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