Trump (R) on 6/1/2026 Adjusted Tariffs on some Aluminum, Copper and Steel Imports. In a Proclamation, Trump L lowered Tariffs on some Aluminum and Steel Derivative Products, including Agricultural Equipment and certain Heating, Air Conditioning and Ventilation Systems, from 25% to 15%.
Trump initially Imposed 25% Tariffs on Aluminum and Steel Derivative Products on 4/2/2026. In doing so, He cited Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, which gives the President the Authority to Impose Restrictions on Imports under National Security Grounds. Trump stated Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (R) Recommended that He Reduce those Tariffs, citing “recent circumstances” that “have affected and are affecting” Domestic Industries that Use the Aforementioned Equipment.
“These products also serve an important role in productive domestic economic activity,” the Proclamation states. “For example, American farmers use agricultural equipment to produce the food upon which our Nation relies; construction equipment is essential for the continued reindustrialization of our Nation; and material-handling equipment enables industrial logistics and factory operations.”
It also notes Aluminum Lithographic Plates and Steel Racks are Subject to the 25% Tariffs that Trump Imposed on Derivative Products in 4/2026. Trump wrote that Subjecting those Products to 25% Levies “will ensure that the tariffs on metal products are not circumvented.”
Under the Order, Companies from certain Foreign Countries can Qualify for a 10% Tariff on Products “composed” entirely of Aluminum or Steel that was Melted and Poured in the U.S. That Provision Applies to Companies located in: Argentina, Ecuador, Guatemala, Japan, United Kingdom, South Korea, Liechtenstein, El Salvador, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the European Union.
As for Canadian and Mexican Products “that qualify for preferential tariff treatment” under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on Trade, 25% Tariffs will Apply “only to the non-U.S. content” of the Product.
“For purposes of this clause, ‘non-U.S. content’ means the total value of the product minus the value attributable to parts produced in the United States,” the Proclamation Reads.
Trump First Implemented Section 232 Tariffs on Aluminum and Steel Imports in 2018, during Trump' First Term in Office.
He also Invoked Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, which gives the President the Ability to Address “balance-of-payments” Deficits, to Impose a Sweeping 10% Levy on Nearly All U.S. Imports, after the Supreme Court Struck Down His Emergency Tariffs Earlier this Year.
A Three-Judge Panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT), however, came Out Against the Global Tariffs Last Month, Ruling that the Administration Improperly used the Provision to Impose the Import Taxes.
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