The right deal for America and US aluminium: Charles Johnson, president & CEO, The Aluminum Association
Last week, President Trump signed a proclamation strengthening existing Section 232 aluminium tariffs that he originally implemented in 2018 on national security grounds.
There’s a lot to like and a lot we support in the president’s action. Though – and this is critical – for our industry’s growth, and for national security, we must maintain tariff-free access to aluminium from Canada.
The Aluminum Association welcomes the Trump administration’s focus on this critical material and our industry’s ability to compete. We want and need to open new smelting capacity in the United States, which is President Trump’s intent. It’s been 45 years since the U.S. built a new primary aluminium smelter. Strategic use of these tariffs – paired with unleashed American energy – could help get us there. However, it would take many years before we could smelt all of the metal our economy and our military depend on today. That’s why we need the action from the White House, and a reliable source of metal from Canada to support the jobs and investments happening today.
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