EU to Suspend Planned Tariffs on Chinese Aluminium, Lobby Group Says

EU to Suspend Planned Tariffs on Chinese Aluminium, Lobby Group Says
A worker checks rolls of sheet aluminium at a factory in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, on May 8, 2021. STR/China OUT/AFP via Getty Images
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BRUSSELS—The European Union is set to impose duties on aluminium from China in October, only to suspend them for nine months, the EU industry association said on Wednesday, adding that this would threaten jobs and send the wrong signal to Beijing.

The European Commission launched an investigation into aluminium flat-rolled products, which are used in a variety of sectors, from construction to transport and consumer durables, in August 2020 and set provisional duties of between 19.3 percent and 46.7 percent in April 2021.