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.

China will implement retaliatory tariffs on $75 billion in U.S. goods and reinstate levies on American automobiles.

China's new standards for Green Building Evaluation came into effect on Aug. 1, 2019, adding copper tubes as one of the recommended materials for inflow water pipes for green buildings.

The industrial research company, Freedonia Group, finds that nearly all of imported AC units into the U.S. come from China. Do we really want a trade war with them?  

President Trump has increased tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports.

The North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers urges President Trump to take action and rollback steel tariffs. 

Former Nucor CEO and President Trump adviser Dan DiMicco gives a keynote address at Metalcon 2018 about protecting U.S. national security with steel tariffs. 

The tit-for-tat has analysts fearing a protracted and escalating trade war, since President Donald Trump has threatened to enact other tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars in Chinese goods.

After weeks of escalating rhetoric between the U.S. and China, the opening shots in what analysts fear will devolve into a full-fledged trade war are set to go off at midnight.