aluminum

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The administration is also changing how it calculates tariffs on imported steel, aluminum, copper, and products containing those metals.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

After the U.S. announced its tariffs on imported steel and aluminum last year, exporters “dramatically dropped” the value of those metals to lower the amount of tariffs that would be charged on them.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

About one-fifth of the imported aluminum in the U.S. comes from the Gulf countries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Those costs have gone up over the past year, due to higher U.S. tariffs on imported aluminum and rising global prices for the metal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Then he put the can on the table, broke the aluminum tab thing, the thing you open it with, off the top, and popped it in his mouth like it was candy.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds