Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 86893

Aluminium

Tabled: 30 October 2025
Answered: 5 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Sarah Hall

Labour (Co-op)Warrington South

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help support the aluminium industry in the context of (a) US tariffs and (b) global competition.

Answer

Chris McDonald
Thanks to the strength of the UK-US partnership, the UK remains the only country to benefit from a preferential 25% tariff on steel and aluminium exports to the US, avoiding the global rate of 50%. The UK is therefore uniquely positioned as the only count...

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