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...Aluminium started getting drawn into the conflict two weeks ago when the US imposed a 200 per cent import tariff on Russian aluminium, citing the invasion of Ukraine and national security concerns....
...CF Industries has said it will import ammonia, a key component of fertiliser. The company in June announced that it would mothball its factory at Ince....
...The clip was played repeatedly on US cable news, and the Wall Street Journal highlighted it in an op-ed entitled, “Tim Cook’s Bad Day on China.”...
...on matters of the utmost public import”....
...That impact is on top of the effect of the Trump administration’s new tariffs on steel and aluminium imports....
...US imports of heavy crude from Mexico and Venezuela have declined as their output has fallen, however. So heavy Maya crude, which traditionally sold at a discount to WTI, has been trading at a premium....
...Ed Morse, global head of commodities at Citi, however argues that any disruption is likely to be only temporary....
...The principal sources of US uranium imports in 2016 were Canada, Kazakhstan, Australia and Russia....
...On Friday, the US is scheduled to start charging tariffs on $34bn of imports from China, and Beijing will hit an equal value of its imports from the US....
...By deciding not to restrict imports of US LNG, China has let its energy policy override its trade policy, for the time being at least....
...ed.crooks@ft.com...
...Meanwhile, our trade editor James Politi says the prospect of the US government imposing tariffs on imports of cars and car parts is filling European policymakers in Brussels with dread....
...The US began collecting a 10 per cent tariff on aluminium imports on March 23 and the sanctions against Russia’s Rusal were announced two weeks later, causing the greatest instability in the market since...
...Ironically, Mr Book points out, one threat to that attractive prospect might be a cut in steel production in China and other countries because of the tariffs on imports imposed by Mr Trump....
...About 67 per cent of US steel imports and 55 per cent of aluminium imports come from the exempted countries, according to the American Action Forum think-tank....
...US businesses responded with alarm to President Donald Trump’s announcement of wide-ranging tariffs on imports from China, warning that they would raise costs for American consumers and risked provoking...
...Shares in First Solar, the Arizona-based solar manufacturer and developer, closed 9 per cent lower on Tuesday, after hopes faded that its business would be boosted by steep new import duties on its competitors...
...Readers of “10 routes to the top” business books may be tempted to import generalised prescriptions whole....
...Gas imports to China have been soaring as Beijing attempts to shift its energy system away from coal, to fight air pollution, and the country is expected to become the world’s top LNG importer by 2030....
...Investors took an optimistic view on carriers after Delta Air Lines chief executive Ed Bastian said the tax plan being worked on by Congress could boost the company’s earnings by about $1 a share next year...
...Engie , the French energy group that owns it, said the tanker was headed for its LNG import terminal at Everett, Massachusetts....
...South Korea and Japan were also important growth markets, but the International Energy Agency has forecast that over 2017-21, thermal coal imports will fall for Japan, and rise only slowly for South Korea...
...Delta chief executive Ed Bastian said on Wednesday that the Atlanta-based carrier expects to take delivery of the 75 Bombardier C Series jets from Airbus’ plant in Mobile, Alabama....
...Additional reporting by Ed Crooks in New York...
...Not everyone in the North American oil and gas industry is eager to see the Keystone XL plan revived, in part because imports from Canada could compete with domestic production....
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