At 12.01 on Friday (04.01 GMT) this new tariff will enter into force, which will affect the beer cans so much that enter the US as to empty aluminum cans that are imported to be filled within the countryaccording to a notice of the Department of Commerce published in the Federal Registry, the Official Gazette of the US government.
This measure Update the 25 % tariffs that the US already imposed the past March 12 on steel and aluminum imports.
At that time, restrictions especially affected Brazil, Mexico, South Korea and Vietnam In the steel sector, already United Arab Emirates, Russia and China in the aluminum.
However, the major harmed was Canadaone of the Main suppliers of both metals for the United States.
In the case of aluminum cans, the most beaten countries will be Mexico, Canada, Germany, China and Franceaccording to data from the Observatory of Economic Complexity (OEC), an online visualization and distribution platform of international trade data.
The United States Department of Commerce reviewed on Wednesday the 25 % tariffs of President Donald Trump about aluminum products to include beer and empty aluminum cans.
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