The US Steel Clairton Plant in Clairton, Pa. on April 8, 2024. Dominic Пwinn /Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump signed an executive order on April 2 to simplify calculations for steel, aluminum, and copper tariffs and to mitigate efforts to avoid import taxes.
The new order defines how the value of metals is assessed, imposing 50 percent levies on the U.S. price of goods sold for raw materials and 25 percent on products containing at least 15 percent of affected metals.
