{"id":709540,"date":"2026-06-02T07:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T07:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/709540\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T07:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T07:24:09","slug":"trump-signs-proclamation-amending-tariffs-on-steel-aluminum-and-copper-imports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/709540\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump signs proclamation amending tariffs on steel, aluminum and copper imports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Donald Trump signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/fact-sheets\/2026\/06\/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-updates-tariffs-on-steel-aluminum-and-copper-imports\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">proclamation<\/a> late Monday amending certain tariffs on metals, including steel, aluminum and copper imports.<\/p>\n<p>The adjusted tariffs will drop from 25 per cent to 15 per cent, the White House said, and industrial equipment like bulldozers and forklifts will now be subject to a 15 per cent tariff.<\/p>\n<p>The order will also allow foreign companies to qualify for a 10 per cent duty rate, \u201cif their capital equipment includes at least 85 per cent U.S. melted and poured or smelted and cast steel or aluminum by weight,\u201d U.S. officials wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese tariff changes are temporary, lasting until December 31, 2027, to spur near\u2013term investments that will rebuild the Nation\u2019s industrial base,\u201d the White House added.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Toronto as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=toronto.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation late Monday amending certain tariffs on metals, including steel, aluminum and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":709541,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48],"class_list":["post-709540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/709541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}