steel

The metals are paired as targets for import duties, but they serve different markets. Domestic steel has spare capacity, aluminum not so much.

Different parts of the country make different products and often respond distinctly to economic trends.

Slowing demand in construction and manufacturing in the U.S. and around the globe have pulled steel prices lower for months.

Last year, the Department of Energy proposed using amorphous steel. But some electricity providers, power companies and steel plants objected.

As the Biden administration proposes tripling duties, experts recall how previous tariffs mainly hit American consumers and industries.

Recent research finds that higher tariffs on dirtier imports could reduce carbon emissions.

The final outcome of the sale could have huge implications for both organized labor and the domestic steel economy.

If you use renewable energy to make hydrogen and use the hydrogen to manufacture steel, the process would be friendlier to the environment.

Restrictions on exports like fertilizer and steel have major economic ramifications for trading partners.

President Biden is traveling the country to promote the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Inflation could derail or delay that spending.