https://www.europesays.com/1979930/ EU slaps tariffs on US trucks, cigarettes and ice cream to target Trump’s red states – POLITICO #Aluminum #america #beef #Canadá #cars #Chemicals #China #corn #Customs #DonaldTrump #Dumping/Duties #exports #Farms #france #Georgia #imports #ireland #italy #markets #meat #México #negotiations #Plastics #Poultry #Services #soybeans #steel #tariffs #trade #TradeWar #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USNews #USTopics #USA #USANews #wheat
Whyalla steelworks administrator launches legal action to regain control of port operations
By Daniel Litjens
KordaMentha is attempting to take control of the Whyalla port from its current operator, a subsidiary of GFG Alliance.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-08/whyalla-ports-legal-action/105151612
#EU commission proposes 25% counter-#tariffs on some #US imports, document shows
The European Commission proposed counter-tariffs of 25% on a range of US goods on Monday in response to #Trump's tariffs on #steel & #aluminium, a document seen by Reuters showed.
The tariffs on some goods will come into effect May 16 & other later in the year, on Dec 1.
#economy #inflation #recession #Trumpcession #geopolitics
https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/eu-commission-proposes-25-counter-tariffs-some-us-imports-document-shows-2025-04-07/
Was just raking the firewood storage level while dragging more concrete logs in place when the rake said clank.
A piece of angle iron, stuck under something heavy. Some digging and a 10cm wide I-Beam came up along with some other pieces.
We really should plant spinach. Ought to do well in this iron rich soil.
'Deals to be had' as US tariffs send steel prices plummeting
Some Australian steel businesses have seen the price of steel drop sharply in the wake of Donald Trump's steel tariffs, but there are fears the glut of imported steel is threatening the viability of Australian manufacturers.
…The levies #Trump announced on Wed are separate from the ones he has already imposed on #steel, #aluminum, & foreign-made #cars & parts. Taken as a whole, his tariffs represent a dramatic expansion from the more narrowly targeted duties he imposed in his first term—some of which the Biden Admin retained—& a final nail in the coffin for the open #trading environment that reigned before 2016.
https://www.europesays.com/1965997/ EU ‘prepared’ to retaliate against Trump’s 20 percent tariffs – POLITICO #america #Americas #China #DonaldTrump #Dumping/Duties #exports #India #japan #markets #negotiations #Protectionism #steel #tariffs #TradeWar #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #UrsulaVonDerLeyen #US #USNews #USTopics #USA #USANews #uzbekistan
https://www.europesays.com/1964844/ Donald Trump’s Tariffs Hit Melania Trump’s Birth Country #Aluminum #BUSINESSES #DonaldTrump #MelaniaTrump #Novice #slovenia #Slovenija #steel #tariffs
In Thailand, a Chinese steel company is being investigated for making deformed bars that were used in a building that collapsed during the recent earthquake.
#Thailand #Asian #Steel #Business #Substandard #Earthquake #Bangkok #Building
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Industrial Heart.
Industrial Heart is a minimalist, semi abstract, gouache painting.
[ Prints : https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/industrial-heart-james-mccormack.html ]
7 - Do Ho Suh, “Doorknobs: Horsham, London, New York, Providence, Seoul, Venice Homes,” polyester #fabric and stainless steel #wire, Lehmann Maupin.
8 - Mu Boyan, “Relax,” #color on stainless steel, Aye #Gallery.
9 - Yuichi Hirako, #wood, #acrylic #paint, The Modern Institute.
10 - Huang Wanbing, “The Entropy Reduction of Hundun,” ramie, China glass cloth, #steel, Hive Center for #ContemporaryArt.
3 - Lee Jinju, powdered pigment, animal skin glue and water on unbleached cotton, Arario #Gallery.
4 - Doki Kim, “Glow in the Moonlight,” #LED display, electric wires, #glass, acrylic, video loop, Gallery Baton.
5 - Anicka Yi, “Thorn,” PMMA optical fiber, LEDs, silicone, acrylic, epoxy, aluminum, stainless steel, #steel, brass, motors and microcontrollers, Gladstone.
6 - Anish Kapoor, “Dark Purple to Clear,” stainless steel, lacquer, Lisson Gallery.
We sold our steel plants to the Chinese and now American tariffs are killing them off.
Great being outside of trade block, isn't it? 
I was more surprised to learn that both the Chinese bought the blast furnaces and they hadn't already closed down (perhaps there is a case to renationalise this industry? Steel is a vital material and we shouldn't be so dependent on importing it in an increasingly uncertain world..)
