04 Nov 2021 --- US and EU aluminum associations are “very concerned” the recent agreement to renegotiate transatlantic metal tariffs could result in “even more trade distortion and additional market instability.” European Aluminium and its US counterpart The Aluminum Association have long spoken out against quotas imposed under the Trump presidency, when a 25% import tax on steel and a 10% import tax on aluminum were introduced. In retaliation, the EU imposed a range of taxes on products from whiskey to motorcycles.