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“Designed by Apple in California.” The tag is in every iPhone box, asserting the primacy of thousands of minds in Cupertino feverishly inventing the latest technology. But once they come up with the plans for an AirTag or an iMac, those get shipped overseas. It’s been decades since Silicon Valley, the heart of American computing, made many of its own devices.
A recent Reuters-Ipsos survey shows that Americans want to buy more US-made products, as long as they don’t have to pay more for them. The poll found that 69% of people said an item being US-made was at least somewhat important, but that 63% wouldn’t be willing to pay more than a 10% premium for something to be American-made.
21 May 2021
The United Steelworkers union, along with other manufacturing groups, says former President Trump’s tariffs on imported steel “have been a success,” urging President Joe Biden to keep the tariffs in place.
In a letter to Biden, the United Steelworkers along with the American Iron and Steel Institute, Steel Manufacturers Association, the Committee on Pipe and Tube Imports, Specialty Steel Industry of North America, the American Institute of Steel Construction, and the Alliance for American Manufacturing said the 25 percent tariff on imported steel imposed by Trump in 2018 has been a boon for the United States steel industry and American workers.
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This morning in metals news:
UC Rusal will demerge its high-carbon assets; meanwhile, steel industry groups issued a renewed call to the Biden administration to ask him to keep the Section 232 steel tariff in place; and the copper price has picked back up this week.
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UC Rusal to demerge high-carbon assets
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En+ Group, parent group of Russian aluminum giant UC Rusal, announced today that the latter will demerge its high-carbon assets.
In addition, UC Rusal also plans to change its name to AL+.
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