SEBI Reg. Investment Advisor

Download App

MoneyWorks4Me

India to take up steel, aluminum tariffs hike issue with US authorities: Suresh Prabhu

14 Mar 2018 Evaluate

Days after the Trump administration hiked import tariffs on steel and aluminium products, the Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu has said that India will take up this issue with the US authorities. He said that the measures are unfortunate and they will take up these issues with US counterpart and added that he will try to explain to them the necessity for working together through multilateral trading platform as well as bilateral trading platform.

Prabhu further stated that the idea of the meeting is to create an atmosphere, so that this negativity around global trade and multilateral trading system should reduce and all the countries should benefit from open trade. As India exports steel and aluminium products worth about $1.3 billion a year to America, the ministry is studying the impact of duty hike. Exports of these products to the American market will become expensive and could impact the competitiveness of domestic items, with hike in tariffs by the US government.

Major steel exporters to the US comprise Canada, Brazil, South Korea, Mexico and Russia which together account for close to 60% of the shipments, while India exported close to 0.9 MT steel to America in 2017. Besides, triggering fears of a global trade war, the US President Donald Trump had signed two proclamations that impose 25% tariff on imported steel and 10% on aluminium, but exempted Canada and Mexico and offered the possibility of excluding other allies, backtracking from an earlier no-exceptions stance.


About MoneyWorks4Me

MoneyWorks4Me is a SEBI-registered Investment Adviser (IA) dedicated to helping investors build long-term wealth through transparent, research-driven, conflict-free guidance. Founded in 2008, we started our journey as a Research Analyst (RA), providing deep fundamental analysis, intrinsic value insights, and long-term investing frameworks for Indian equities. In 2017, we transitioned to a full-fledged SEBI-registered Investment Adviser, strengthening our commitment to acting as a fiduciary—always putting the investor’s interest first.

Our Vision

To become India’s most trusted, research-powered fiduciary advisory platform—where every investor, regardless of experience, can make calm, confident, and well-reasoned investment decisions.

What Makes MoneyWorks4Me Different

Our Approach: Ensuring compounding work its magic on client portfolio.

MoneyWorks4Me ensures this through: