Steel – Asia Times

Beijing rips Canada’s 100% tariffs on China-made EVs

by Jeff Pao August 28, 2024November 21, 2024

Beijing has vowed to take all necessary measures to protect the interests of Chinese companies after Canada announced its plan to impose tariffs on electric vehicles (EVs) and steel and aluminum products produced in China. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday Canada will place a 100% tariff on imports of China-made EVs from October […]

US slaps ‘symbolic’ tariffs on China steel, aluminum

by Jeff Pao July 12, 2024July 19, 2024

US complains China hurts shipbuilding, steel firms

by Jeff Pao April 19, 2024April 24, 2024

Unions, politicians getting Nippon-US Steel deal all wrong

by Brad Glosserman February 13, 2024February 19, 2024

The quest for low carbon steel

by Theo Normanton November 30, 2022November 30, 2022

Japan

Nippon Steel pouring big money into India and Thailand

by Scott Foster October 16, 2022October 17, 2022

Metal smelting furnace in Chinese steel mills. Photo: iStock

China, India, South Asia, United States, World

US steel owners demur on cross-border M&As

by PK Semler June 13, 2019February 18, 2020

Zombies Behind A Fence: iStock

Will China finally shutter its walking dead?

by Jon Connars December 13, 2018

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China, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

US-Turkish alliance reaches the point of no return

by M.K. Bhadrakumar August 15, 2018February 18, 2020

The falling lira is making it difficult for many Turks to make ends meet. Photo: iStock

Middle East, Syria, Turkey, World

Erdogan blames plunging lira on American ‘political plot’

by Asia Times staff and agencies August 13, 2018February 18, 2020

Steel workers in Turkey will be hit by the latest US tariffs. Photo: AFP / Tarik Tinazay

AT Finance, European Union, Middle East, Russia, Singapore, Turkey, World

US tariffs hike adds to Turkey’s economic problems

by Asia Times staff August 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Metal smelting furnace in Chinese steel mills. Photo: iStock

Uncategorized

Hebei to chop 40 million tons of steel overcapacity

by Asia Times staff July 5, 2018February 18, 2020

A supporter of Donald Trump holds up a boxing hand-puppet in his likeness during a campaign stop inside a hangar at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Lakeland, Florida, on October 12, 2016. Photo: AFP / Gregg Newton

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

Why counter-puncher Trump’s looming trade war scares everyone

by William Pesek March 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Three strikes and you're out. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's courtship of Donald Trump appears to be unraveling. Photo: Reuters / Thomas Peter

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Japan, Mexico, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Trump risks being unfriended by Japan, South Korea

by William Pesek March 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Outgoing economic adviser Gary Cohn (left) listens as US President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, on March 8, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Kevin Lamarque

Beijing, China, European Union, Mexico, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Cohn’s departure increases chances of global trade war

by John Burton March 9, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump speaking next to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. Photo: Reuters/Joshua Roberts

Middle East, World

Trump’s party desperately tries to talk him off trade war ledge

by Asia Times staff March 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Aerial view of steel mills in Indiana Harbor on Michigan lake near Gary, USA. Photo via AFP/Ricciarini

Australia, China, European Union, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, World

Trump trade policy will turn the US into Brazil

by David P. Goldman March 2, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters

Beijing, China, European Union, France, Middle East, Russia, World

Can Trump’s party steer him away from trade war?

by Jon Connars February 21, 2018

Kangaroo behind fence. Photo: Flickr Commons

Australia, European Union, India, Middle East, Oceania, South Asia, World

Australia touts free trade while chasing protectionism

by Giovanni Di Lieto February 21, 2018February 21, 2018

Photo: Reuters

China, European Union, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

Japan’s steel industry warns against Trump’s tariffs

by Asia Times staff February 20, 2018February 18, 2020

China's Solar Panel industry has been hit by US trade tariffs. Photo: AFP

Beijing, China, European Union, Guangzhou, Shanghai, World

Beijing needs to tackle the ‘chronic disease’ infecting industry

by Gordon Watts January 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Workers in a shipbreaking yard in Chittagong, Bangladesh, with flame cutters breaking parts of a shipwreck. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Turkey, World

Shipbreaking in Asia: profit at a price

by Alan Boyd January 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Air appears to be escaping the property bubble. Photo: Reuters

Beijing, China, World

Chinese chill: property, industrial data cooler for October

by Reuters and Asia Times November 14, 2017February 18, 2020

China lags behind Japan, Germany, the United States and others in machine tool technologies. Photo: Getty Images

China, Germany, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

High-tech China still can’t make decent bolts, or balls for pens

by Asia Times staff November 7, 2017February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Photo: Reuters

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, World

Xi Jinping outlines Communist Party’s five-year plan

by Yongfu Huang October 24, 2017October 24, 2017

US Secretary of Commerce (pictured during a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang last year) is scheduled to arrive in Beijing on Saturday to continue trade negotiations. Photo: Reuters/Thomas Peter

Beijing, China, World

China to implement strictest yet steel production cuts ahead of Trump visit

by Asia Unhedged September 25, 2017February 18, 2020

An investor looks at an electronic board showing stock information (red for gains) at a brokerage house in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China. Photo: Reuters, China Daily

China

Positive outcomes expected for 937 publicly listed firms

by Asia Times staff September 25, 2017February 18, 2020

Workers direct a crane lifting newly-made steel bars at a factory of Dongbei Special Steel Group Co., Ltd., in Dalian, Liaoning province, China, October 13, 2015. Photo: Reuters/China Daily

Steel giants sign US$22.93 billion in deleveraging agreements

by Asia Times staff September 18, 2017February 18, 2020

Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Australia, China, New Zealand, Oceania, Shanghai, Singapore

Iron ore futures surge back into positive territory Monday

by Asia Unhedged August 7, 2017February 18, 2020

A worker stacks steel pipes in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. Photo: Reuters/Amit Dave

China

US action on steel facing ‘complexities’

by Asia Unhedged August 3, 2017February 18, 2020