On Monday, President Trump announced plans to restore tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports from Brazil and Argentina. The announcement caught everyone by surprise raises many questions. 

On Monday, President Trump announced plans to restore tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports from Brazil and Argentina.

In tweets posted Dec. 2, 2019, President Trump announced that he will restore tariffs on steel and aluminum imported from the two countries. 

For the first time since October 2015, China lowered interest rates on short-term loans.

The steelmaker filed for bankruptcy and is laying off 376 employees. 

This attack and subsequent production outage caused the largest, one-day, oil price surge since 1991. As of this writing, crude oil pricing is at $60.43, up 10.17 percent from Friday. This is the highest crude has been since May. 

Domestic steel production falls for the fourth consecutive week, according to a new report from Majestic Steel. 

From Dr. Ming He, Head of China Bulks, for Wood Mackenzie, “Steel demand from the property sector grew at 3.9% yoy in 2018 and has been the main contributor to the healthy growth in China’s steel market.”

Paul Nathanson, executive director for the Coalition of American Metal Manufacturers and Users, explains why the Section 232 steel tariffs were a futile effort to save domestic steel.

United Structures of America will shutter locations in Houston, Texas, and Portland, Tennessee, due to "crippling" steel tariffs.