United States of America: Department of Commerce extends Section 232 steel and aluminium tariffs to 407 derivative products (August 2025)

This GTA Thread tracks all Section 232 investigations initiated by the United States since 2018 under the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. These investigations assess whether imports of certain goods threaten U.S. national security by examining domestic capacity, supply chain vulnerabilities, and import dependence. Only investigations formally announced by the U.S. Government are included.

This Thread tracks harmful trade policy interventions affecting all products. Covering all types of interventions monitored by Global Trade Alert, it highlights how the yearly number of these measures has evolved over time.

This Thread tracks harmful trade policy interventions affecting iron and steel products since 2009. It covers all types of interventions monitored by Global Trade Alert that affect at least one HS code linked to iron and steel, including fabricated metal products.

This Thread tracks harmful trade policy interventions affecting aluminium since 2009. It covers all types of interventions monitored by Global Trade Alert that affect at least one HS code linked to aluminium, either as ore, slag or in its oxide form.

This Thread tracks harmful trade policy interventions affecting HS codes for medical consumables, equipment, medicines, vaccines, as well as chemicals used in pharmaceutical production. It covers all types of interventions monitored by Global Trade Alert since 2009. To identify relevant policy actions, the Global Trade Alert team focused on the identification of relevant HS codes following the pr...

This Thread tracks global import restrictions affecting a wide range of chemicals from rare gases to biodiesel. Focusing solely on interventions classified as import restrictions by Global Trade Alert, it highlights how the yearly number of these measures has evolved since 2009. Discover key trends, significant figures, and the countries most impacted by these policies in this comprehensive overvi...

This Thread tracks harmful trade policy interventions introduced by G7 members since 2009. It covers all types of interventions monitored by Global Trade Alert.

This Thread tracks harmful trade policy interventions introduced by G20 members since 2009. It covers all types of interventions monitored by Global Trade Alert.

This Thread tracks global import and export restrictions affecting critical minerals. It covers policy interventions affecting these measures since 2009. Relevant interventions are identified based on intervention type and specific HS codes. Note that the GTA focuses on a compilation list of all the critical minerals mentioned in different national lists to identify relevant HS codes.