MEXICO RESPONDS IN ANGER TO TRUMP METAL DUTIES
May 1st, 2018
THE IMPOSITION of tariffs on American imports of steel and aluminium has prompted anger in Mexico, which is the largest US aluminium buyer and the second largest buyer of American steel. However, with Mexico also a major exporter of these metals to the USA (USD1.7 billion’s worth of steel and iron was sent north in 2017 and USD1 billion’s worth of Mexican aluminium was sold to the US last year), the tariffs will harm Mexico’s economy.
Indeed, the National Chamber of the Iron and Steel Industry (Cámara Nacional de la Industria del Hierro y el Acero - ...
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